TICK/MOS
What's the name of the mosquito species discussed in the video?
Aedes aegypti
What is a cotbot?
A robot that can identify and kill cots with a single shot
Complete the blank
CRISPR is actually a natural process that has long functioned as a ......................... immune system
bacterial
Give the names of 3 artificial sweeteners.
sucralose, aspartame, saccharine
Correct the sentence
Since many years people use artificial sweeteners.
For/ have been using
Give at least 2 symptoms that Joy experienced in relation to MMA.
Swollen tongue, itchy, red
What is injected into the COT?
Bile salts
If your genome is the hardware your epigenome is the ......
software
What percentage of the population is left handed
Give a range from.... to...
Between 30 and 5 percent
Correct the sentence
Either saccharine or aspartame are linked to cancer.
Neither/nor
What's the name of the company that has developed the GM mosquito?
Oxitec
What substance is added to the tanks to help regulate pH?
soda ash (an alkali)
CRISPR stands for
clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
Neanderthal people lived about ................years ago
130,000
Correct the sentence
Even though what scientists say, she is sceptical about using artificial sweeteners.
Despite/Inspite of
Explain the role of alphagal in MMA.
Teacher decides if answer is correct
Explain the reaction between seawater and carbon dioxide and the resulting 'compound.'Why does this affect shell formation?
It produces carbonic acid. There is less carbonate available for shell formation.
Explain the twins experiment. What can we deduce about age and your epigenome?
They compared the epigenomes of pairs of twins -some young, some old. Your epigenome changes in your lifetime.
Explain why artificial sweeteners could be considered "sweeter" than sugar.
better binding mechanism on the tongue
If I had knew about ticks, I would have wear long trousers in the forest.
known/worn
Explain the principle of how the OXitec GM mosquito can help eliminate mosquitoes.
Teacher decides if answer is ok
Explain some of the difficulties in developing the cotbot and the solutions found.
They had to train the cotbot to identify the cots using scanned images. Dark conditions and strong currents could affect the cotbots.
Explain the role of methyl groups in controlling obesity in mice.Refer to the brown and yellow mice.
Teacher decides if answer is ok.
In the brown mouse the obesity gene is turned off by a methyl group so the mouse is skinny.
What is aspartame made of? Why is it unusual?
2 amino acids - so like a protein, hence the analogy to steak in the video.
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The more there are mosquitoes the high the risk for to catch Dengue fever
The greater the number of mosquitoes, the higher the risk of catching...