Biotechnology

Question 1

What are the two types of biotechnology

Answer 1

Modern

Traditional

Question 2

What is traditional biotechnology

Answer 2

Have been around since early human history

Question 3

How is traditional biotechnology used in agriculture

Answer 3

Farmers started breeding plants with the different characteristics they wanted
This so called selective breeding

Question 4

How is traditional biotechnology used on animals

Answer 4

Selective breeding

Same as plants

Question 5

How is traditional biotechnology used in food

Answer 5

There is a base food which is mixed with an organism to transform which then makes the food

Question 6

How is cheese made

Answer 6

Milk and enzymes

Question 7

How is bread made

Answer 7

Yeast and wheat

Question 8

How is yogurt made

Answer 8

Milk and bacteria

Question 9

How is wine made

Answer 9

Juice and yeast

Question 10

How is beer made

Answer 10

Barley and yeast

Question 11

What is modern biotechnology

Answer 11

Multiplication of strains of cells that have been selected for specific purposes

Question 12

How is modern biotechnology used in agriculture and breeding

Answer 12

Plants are modified to resist sickness, herbicides and harsh climates
Animals are modified to accelerate growth or increase meat yield

Question 13

How is modern biotechnology used on food

Answer 13

Transformed to provide higher nutritional value

Question 14

How is modern biotechnology used on médecine

Answer 14

To make vaccines
Embryos
Stem cells cultivated to engineer remplacement tissue and organs

Question 15

What is cell culture

Answer 15

A laboratory technique that involves growing or culturing cells outside their natural environment
Increases number of cells

Question 16

What is genetic transformation

Answer 16

Modification of a species genome either by removing or modifying one or more of its genes or by introducing genes from another species

Question 17

What does GMO’S stand for

Answer 17

Genetically modified organisms

Question 18

What are the pros of genetically modified plants

Answer 18

Resist herbicide 
Resist insects 
Improved quality of oils 
Increase nutritional substances 
Reduction of allergic effect

Question 19

What are the pros of genetically modified animals

Answer 19

Increase in growth
Less harmful manure
Produce lactose free milk

Question 20

What is cloning

Answer 20

Process of producing a genetically identical copy of a living organism

Question 21

What can cloning be used for

Answer 21

Can grow tissue or organs for a transplant

Question 22

What is pasteurization

Answer 22

Used to prevent proliferation of harmful microorganisms in food
Food is heated to a certain temp. This is done to kill unwanted bacteria

Question 23

What are the pros of pasteurization

Answer 23

Does not change taste 
Longer shelf life 
Provides healthier foods 
Preserve the nutritional properties 
Reduce risk of food contamination 
Reduce infant mortality rates

Question 24

What are the cons of pasteurization

Answer 24

Can destiny useful elements in food

Can get rid of “good bacteria”