Technology Today and Tomorrow ©2004

Chapter 23: Bio-Related Systems

Bio-Related Systems


1.	Gregor Mendel was a pioneer in the study of
		A)	animal breeding.
		B)	heredity.
		C)	bacteria.
		D)	DNA.


2.	Which activity is not an example of biotechnology?
		A)	making a vaccine to protect people against a disease
		B)	introducing petroleum-eating bacteria into an oil spill
		C)	extracting platinum from mined ores
		D)	selectively breeding dogs for desired size


3.	Which process is a method of propagation?
		A)	pasteurization
		B)	cloning
		C)	gene splicing
		D)	harvesting


4.	Changing the form of an organism to prepare it for use is called
		A)	transformation.
		B)	adaptation.
		C)	harvesting.
		D)	conversion.


5.	Poisons designed to destroy harmful insects are called
		A)	pesticides.
		B)	hormones.
		C)	amino acids.
		D)	proteins.


6.	Adaptation is an organism's ability to
		A)	change in response to the environment.
		B)	use food and water to grow.
		C)	create a duplicate of itself.
		D)	avoid disease.


7.	The Human Genome Project is attempting to discover
		A)	all the microbes in human beings.
		B)	differences between human and nonhuman genes.
		C)	how to alter the genetic code.
		D)	all the human genes.


8.	A negative output of feeding growth hormones to farm animals might be
		A)	unusually high meat production.
		B)	leaner, less fatty meat products.
		C)	acceleration of the farm-to-market cycle.
		D)	high cancer rates in people who eat the meat.


9.	Which activity is not an example of harvesting?
		A)	trapping mature fish for market in an aquaculture pond
		B)	collecting eggs from hens
		C)	giving a vaccine to a herd of cattle
		D)	picking beans in a vegetable garden


10.	Which phrase offers the best definition of a gene?
		A)	organism's ability to change
		B)	clump of similar cells
		C)	DNA sequence on a chromosome
		D)	bio-related technology