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Biotechnology

Grade 9 · Middle School

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  1. Question 1 of 20Easy

    Biotechnology is the use of ... to produce products or services useful to humans.

  2. Question 2 of 20Easy

    Which of the following is a conventional biotechnology product?

  3. Question 3 of 20Easy

    The microorganism involved in making tempeh is ...

  4. Question 4 of 20Easy

    The bacteria involved in making yogurt are ...

  5. Question 5 of 20Easy

    The technique of manipulating genetic material (DNA) to obtain organisms with desired traits is called ...

  6. Question 6 of 20Easy

    Cassava tape is made through the process of ...

  7. Question 7 of 20Medium

    The fungus Saccharomyces cerevisiae converts sugar in the material into ...

  8. Question 8 of 20Medium

    Soy sauce is made with the help of the fungus ...

  9. Question 9 of 20Medium

    Oncom is a food produced by fermentation with the help of the fungus ...

  10. Question 10 of 20Medium

    The main difference between conventional and modern biotechnology is ...

  11. Question 11 of 20Medium

    Nata de coco is made from coconut water with the help of the bacterium ...

  12. Question 12 of 20Medium

    Insulin for diabetes patients is now produced using bacteria that have been inserted with a human gene. This technique is called ...

  13. Question 13 of 20Medium

    A transgenic plant is a plant that ...

  14. Question 14 of 20Medium

    Using microorganisms to break down waste or clean up oil pollution is called bioremediation. This is a biotechnology application in ...

  15. Question 15 of 20Hard

    In insulin production, a human gene is inserted into a bacterial plasmid, and the bacteria are then multiplied. The purpose of using bacteria as the host is ...

  16. Question 16 of 20Hard

    An organism that receives genes from another organism so that its traits change is called a ... organism.

  17. Question 17 of 20Hard

    Look at these items! (1) Tempeh. (2) Yogurt. (3) Pest-resistant corn. (4) Artificial insulin. Modern biotechnology products are shown by numbers ...

  18. Question 18 of 20Hard

    Plant tissue culture makes use of totipotency, which is ...

  19. Question 19 of 20Hard

    Although modern biotechnology offers many benefits, there is concern that transgenic plants may ...

  20. Question 20 of 20Hard

    A food product is made from soybeans fermented by the fungus Rhizopus oryzae. The product is ...

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