Biotech Final Exam Study Guide
The process of harnessing living organisms in the environment in order to breakdown persistent
chemicals - Answer -bioremediation
The study of genomes of whole microbial communities in situ - Answer -Metagenomics
A majority of persistent pollution in the environment is due to household waste. - Answer -False
Two types of biofuel derived from biomass - Answer -Ethanol and Biodiesel
Describe what is meant when a genetically modified organism is designed to have stacked traits -
Answer -Stacked traits exist where more than one transgene is inserted in order to confer multiple
abilities in the GMO
Biosensors - Answer -Detect pollutants
Bioventing - Answer -increases available oxygen
Bioaugmentation - Answer -increases foreign microbes
Biostimulation - Answer -introduces nutrients
The Environmental Protection Agency classifies land areas in need of environmental cleanup as
, ______ sites. - Answer -superfund
Interspecies clones possess chimeric DNA. Their nuclear DNA is of the cloned organism while their
mitochondrial DNA was inherited from the ______ mother. - Answer -surrogate
All of the following items are included in a construct for insertion into a plant genome - Answer -a
promoter, genes, a selectable marker
___________is a method of inserting foreign genes into a plant (and into tissue culture cells). - Answer -
Transfection
During a crime scene investigation, a single human hair is found as evidence. What biotechnology
method will likely be necessary in order to obtain a workable quantity of DNA? - Answer -Polymerase
chain reaction
The most commonly identified genetic marker in forensic applications of molecular biotechnology is -
Answer -Tetranucleotide Repeat
Besides criminal justice applications, Forensic DNA analysis may be used to - Answer -determine
paternity, trace material lines of descent, identify victims of natural disaster
Genetic markers are usually found in the coding regions of the human genome - Answer -False
ssDNA bound to a membrane - Answer -Southern Blot
Restriction endonuclease - Answer -RFLP Analysis
Ladder - Answer -DNA Marker
DNA Amplification - Answer -PCR
The process of harnessing living organisms in the environment in order to breakdown persistent
chemicals - Answer -bioremediation
The study of genomes of whole microbial communities in situ - Answer -Metagenomics
A majority of persistent pollution in the environment is due to household waste. - Answer -False
Two types of biofuel derived from biomass - Answer -Ethanol and Biodiesel
Describe what is meant when a genetically modified organism is designed to have stacked traits -
Answer -Stacked traits exist where more than one transgene is inserted in order to confer multiple
abilities in the GMO
Biosensors - Answer -Detect pollutants
Bioventing - Answer -increases available oxygen
Bioaugmentation - Answer -increases foreign microbes
Biostimulation - Answer -introduces nutrients
The Environmental Protection Agency classifies land areas in need of environmental cleanup as
, ______ sites. - Answer -superfund
Interspecies clones possess chimeric DNA. Their nuclear DNA is of the cloned organism while their
mitochondrial DNA was inherited from the ______ mother. - Answer -surrogate
All of the following items are included in a construct for insertion into a plant genome - Answer -a
promoter, genes, a selectable marker
___________is a method of inserting foreign genes into a plant (and into tissue culture cells). - Answer -
Transfection
During a crime scene investigation, a single human hair is found as evidence. What biotechnology
method will likely be necessary in order to obtain a workable quantity of DNA? - Answer -Polymerase
chain reaction
The most commonly identified genetic marker in forensic applications of molecular biotechnology is -
Answer -Tetranucleotide Repeat
Besides criminal justice applications, Forensic DNA analysis may be used to - Answer -determine
paternity, trace material lines of descent, identify victims of natural disaster
Genetic markers are usually found in the coding regions of the human genome - Answer -False
ssDNA bound to a membrane - Answer -Southern Blot
Restriction endonuclease - Answer -RFLP Analysis
Ladder - Answer -DNA Marker
DNA Amplification - Answer -PCR
