STS FINAL EXAM REVIEWER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COAL - Answer-This was the first material that utilized to generate electricity for homes and industry.
INFORMATION AGE - Answer-This age marks the start of a period in which people had easy access to
knowledge and information.
GENE THERAPY - Answer-Involves altering of genes inside your body's cells in an effort to treat or stop
disease.
BIODIVERSITY - Answer-The variety of life forms on Earth.
Nanotechnology - Answer-Refers to various technologies to produce materials of extra high precision
and dimensions.
Climate Change - Answer-A long term alteration of temperature and typical weather patterns in a place.
, DNA - Answer-Genes contain specific code that controls your body's form and function.
SOMATIC GENE THERAPY - Answer-The effect of this gene therapy will not be passed into the patient's
children.
EX-VIVO - Answer-The cells are taken out from the body and grown in the laboratory.
IN-VIVO - Answer-The genes are transferred to the cells present inside the patient's body.
ECOSYSTEM - Answer-The interaction of biological communities with one another and with the physical
environment.
BIODIVERSITY LOSS - Answer-The depletion or reduction of biological diversity due to extinction of
species.
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES - Answer-The direct and indirect contributions or benefits that could be derived
from the ecosystem.
GENETIC DIVERSITY - Answer-The variations in the different genes present in individual organisms.
RENAISSANCE PERIOD - Answer-This period had an impact on literature and only books about religion
and religious heroes were published.
MODERN PERIOD - Answer-This period starts the scientific revolution and industrial revolution.
INTERNET - Answer-This was created a culture of homebodies were people can do everything with the
comfort of their own houses.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COAL - Answer-This was the first material that utilized to generate electricity for homes and industry.
INFORMATION AGE - Answer-This age marks the start of a period in which people had easy access to
knowledge and information.
GENE THERAPY - Answer-Involves altering of genes inside your body's cells in an effort to treat or stop
disease.
BIODIVERSITY - Answer-The variety of life forms on Earth.
Nanotechnology - Answer-Refers to various technologies to produce materials of extra high precision
and dimensions.
Climate Change - Answer-A long term alteration of temperature and typical weather patterns in a place.
, DNA - Answer-Genes contain specific code that controls your body's form and function.
SOMATIC GENE THERAPY - Answer-The effect of this gene therapy will not be passed into the patient's
children.
EX-VIVO - Answer-The cells are taken out from the body and grown in the laboratory.
IN-VIVO - Answer-The genes are transferred to the cells present inside the patient's body.
ECOSYSTEM - Answer-The interaction of biological communities with one another and with the physical
environment.
BIODIVERSITY LOSS - Answer-The depletion or reduction of biological diversity due to extinction of
species.
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES - Answer-The direct and indirect contributions or benefits that could be derived
from the ecosystem.
GENETIC DIVERSITY - Answer-The variations in the different genes present in individual organisms.
RENAISSANCE PERIOD - Answer-This period had an impact on literature and only books about religion
and religious heroes were published.
MODERN PERIOD - Answer-This period starts the scientific revolution and industrial revolution.
INTERNET - Answer-This was created a culture of homebodies were people can do everything with the
comfort of their own houses.
