questions and answers
What is a marketed use of genetic engineering?
a. Insecticides
b. Insulin
c. Herbicides
d. Cleaning up oil spills
e. All of the above - answer e. All of the above
Strawberries have been genetically engineering
a. As hybrids with blueberries
b. In a variety of colors
c. To resist frost
d. For faster growth
, e. For medical research - answer c. To resist frost
What is the underlying principle of biotechnology?
a. All life is based on the same genetic code
b. Plan and animal genes are not interchangeable
c. Bacteria are the "workhorses" of the molecular
world
d. Scientists need a strong moral code to work as
genetic engineers
e. Selective breeding must be carefully controlled -
answer a. All life is based on the same genetic
code
DNA fingerprinting works to identify criminals
because
a. All individuals have the same DNA
b. No 2 individuals, except for identical twins, have
the same DNA