Ag. Biotechnology Test
Terms
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- life or living
- bio
- picking the best plants or animals for producing the next generation
- improvement by selection
- selection of parents to get desirable characteristics in the offspring
- selective breeding
- biology of heredity
- genetics
- the transmission of characteristics from an organism to its offspring through genes in reproductive cells
- heredity
- components of cells which determine the individual characterists of living things
- genes
- offspring of common parents
- generation
- an exact duplicate of something
- clone
- the movement of genetic information in the form of genes from one cell to another
- genetic engineering
- a slightly acidic substance that the nuclei of all cells contain
- nucleic acid
- chemicals that connect DNA strands
- bases
- a DNA base designated with the letter A
- Adenine
- a DNA base designated with the letter G
- Guanine
- a DNA base designated with the letter T
- Thymine
- the process of identifying the location of a specific gene on a chromosome
- mapping
- the process of removing and inserting genes into DNA
- gene splicing
- also know as gene splicing
- recombinant DNA technology
- the process of finding and recording the location of genes
- gene mapping
- bacteria that were genetically altered to retard frost formation on plant leaves
- Ice-Minus
- a compound that effects genetically engineered so they turn a bright shade of blue in its prescence
- X-Gal
- a hormone that is known for its stimulation of increased milk production in cows
- Bovine Somatotropin (BST)
- a chemical used by people with diabetes to control their blood sugar levels
- insulin
- a hormone that increases meat production in swine
- Porcine Somatotropin (PST)
- Define Biotechnology.
- the use of microorganisms, aniumal cells, plant cells, or components of cells to produce products or carry out processes with living organisms
- What are some characterists looked for in selective breeding?
- color, size, milk production, speed, gentleness, strength
- Who started plant crossbreeding with garden peas?
- Gregor Mendell
- What did Gregor Mendell observe in his pea plant experiment?
- the pattern in the way different characteristics were passed down from one generation to another
- the biology of heredity
- genetics
- the transforming of characteristics (genes) to offspring
- heredity
- What does DNA stand for?
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- transposts genes in one cell to genes in another
- genetic engineering
- Define DNA
- DNA is in all living cells. It is similar in structure, function, and composition, and is the transmitter of heridutary information
- genetic alphabet of life
- Adeline, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine
- Adeline : ______
- Thymine
- Guanine: ______
- Cytosine
- Thymine: _____
- Adeline
- Cytosine: ______
- Guanine
- What happens when cells divide?
- Stands of DNA seperate -> chemicals match up, new -> strands form
- chemical to keep fruit safe
- Ice-Minus
- used to increase milk production; used in animals with milk problems
- BST
- hormone used in steer
- PST
- Steer are slaughtered at age _____
- 1 year
- Genes change to _____
- fight off a particular disease
- Did not like certain genes in potatoes
- Colorado Potato Beetle
- How were potatoes protected from the Coloardo Potato Beetle?
- injected with bad genes
- Insulin came from animal's ____
- pancreas
- genetically engineered to produce insulin
- E. coli
- animals engineered to have new substances helpful to us
- transgenic animals
- Waste Management:
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- not enough places to store trash
- landfills leaked into groundwater
- running out of land - certain bacteria is created to eat oil spills and clean the water
- Biotechnology with Waste Management
- offspring
- prognency