Genetic Engineering

Question 1

What is the goal of PCR?

Answer 1

to create many copies of a single piece of DNA

Question 2

True or false PCR involves the use of both heating and cooling to successfully work.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What would NOT be an appropriate scenario to use PCR?

Answer 3

A car jacker is stealing vehicles. Authorities find several fingerprints from the suspect on a recovered vehicle.

Question 4

Genetic engineering takes place when ___.

Answer 4

Genes from one organism are introduced into another organism’s DNA.

Question 5

Give me one example of GMO.

Answer 5

corn that has a gene from bacteria added to its genome that makes it resistant to insect pests.

Question 6

What is NOT a possible benefit of GMO plants?

Answer 6

making all the plants genetically identical

Question 7

A strand of DNA that contains genes from more than one organism is called ___.

Answer 7

recombinant

Question 8

If someone is concerned that they may develop a genetic disorder, they can choose to do ___ in which the defective gene is replaced.

Answer 8

genetic therapy

Question 9

Mammals can be cloned through a process called ___.

Answer 9

nuclear transfer

Question 10

How is an egg cell different from a somatic cell?

Answer 10

An egg cell is a sex cell, a somatic cell is a body cell

Question 11

What did you do to the egg cell during step two with the sharp pipette?

Answer 11

remove the nucleus

Question 12

Into which colored and named mouse do you put the new embryo?

Answer 12

Momi; white

Question 13

What color did the baby mouse actually turn out to be?

Answer 13

brown