Biology Module 6

Question 1

Biotechnology

Answer 1

The field that involves applying tools to the genome of an organism.

Question 2

Recombinant DNA

Answer 2

The resulting DNA when DNA from two or more organisms are combined.

Question 3

Genetic engineering

Answer 3

Modifying nucleic acids, either pieces of DNA or RNA, or entire genomes.

Question 4

Plasmid

Answer 4

A small, circular piece of DNA often found in bacteria.

Question 5

Transgenic

Answer 5

An organism that has genetic material from another type of organism.

Question 6

Cloning

Answer 6

Making a copy of a piece of DNA, a gene, a genome, or an entire individual.

Question 7

Reproductive cloning

Answer 7

Using adult cells from an adult individual to make a new individual.

Question 8

Therapeutic cloning

Answer 8

Using adult cells to produce various mature adult cells.

Question 9

Stem cell

Answer 9

An undifferentiated cell that can mature into many different types of cells.

Question 10

Gene therapy

Answer 10

Altering genes in order to treat or stop cancer.

Question 11

Genomics

Answer 11

The field that studies sequences of nucleotides in DNA as well as their structure, function, and location.

Question 12

Proteomics

Answer 12

The study of proteins produced in an organism.