Tennessee Science Grade 7

Section 3: Advances in Genetics

Self-Check Quiz - English

1
__________ is one type of genetic engineering, where a normal allele is placed into a virus.
A)A color blind test
B)Down's syndrome
C)Gene therapy
D)Polygenic inheritance
2
Which of these is used to improve the phenotype of plants?
A)recombinant DNA
B)mitosis
C)chromosome disorders
D)selective breeding
3
Human insulin can be produced by introducing DNA from one organism into a __________.
A)virus
B)plant
C)vaccine
D)bacterium
4
__________ is one method of genetic engineering in which a useful segment of DNA from one organism is inserted into a bacterium.
A)gene therapy
B)recombinant DNA
C)selective breeding
D)cloning
5
Which is a genetic disorder that gene therapy may correct?
A)Type I diabetes
B)tetnus
C)AIDS
D)cystic fibrosis
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