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1
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The Swedish scientist who devised the system in classifying organisms.

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CARL LINNAEUS

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2
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As a student you are expected to be responsible and make practical, effective use of your technology especially in conveying information

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TRUE

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3
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Latin word for knowledge

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EIDOS

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4
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A broad group of people having common traditions, culture, institution, beliefs and collective activities and interests

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SOCIETY

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5
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the capability to think and conceptually understand nature and recognizing its principles eventually leads to ideas and knowledge

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FALSE

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6
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The hierarchical system of classifying and naming organisms

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taxonomy

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7
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A geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscapes, work together to form a variety of life.

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ECOSYSTEM

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8
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“one of the many”

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PLATO

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9
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It uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for a specific use.

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BIOTECHNOLOGY

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10
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These are the materials being transferred from one source to another, that leads to the production of Living Modified Organisms or Genetically Modified organisms.

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GENES AND DNA

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11
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Using the printing press, people on different sides of the world could share their thoughts and ideas with each other, forming communities of thinkers across space and time

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TRUE

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12
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in ancient period of transmission of ideas are done in persuasive speaking and writing which remains until now, the age of information

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FALSE

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13
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The year the United Nations declared to be the International Year of Biodiversity.

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2010

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14
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A number of collections of different things, especially of a particular class.

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BIODIVERSITY

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15
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An international protocol ensuring the safe handling, transporting and use of the GMOs.

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CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY

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16
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Aims to address issues with regard to food security, agriculture, drug production and nutrition.

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GENETIC MODIFICATION

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17
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with our modern technology now, information that we get from it is still reliable as all are watchful and responsible in utilizing it

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TRUE

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18
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The date the UN General Assembly declared 2010 as the International year of Biodiversity

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December 20, 2006

19
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they communicate meaning

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WORDS

20
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The hierarchical system of classifying and naming organisms.

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TAXONOMY

21
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Genetically Modified Organisms are also known as?

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TRANSGENICS ORGANISMS

22
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primitive steam engine

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HERO OF ALEXANDRIA

23
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technology in the modern world is the fruit of science as its ideas were originated from the modern people

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TRUE

24
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GMO whose genetic make up been modified using recombinant DNA methods is also called?

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Gene Splicing

25
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Importance of biodiversity which means mutually joined or relatedness.

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GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS

26
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To these people, words have power

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ANCIENT GREEKS

27
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laws of motion

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ISAAC NEWTON

28
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in the modern world where we belong as member of the information society, we are at a high risk on line predation because everything is in our grasp

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TRUE

29
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Refers to variations among groups of organisms in terrestrial and aquatic environments.

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BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

30
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A community or group of living organisms that live and interact with each other in a specific environment.

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ECOSYSTEM

31
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Refers to the variety of organisms within the community.

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BIODIVERSITY

32
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This paves the way for new developments on food and agriculture.

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MODERN BIOTECHNOLOGY

33
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words are very important as this is an avenue for us to able to convey information

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TRUE

34
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world wide web

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SIR TIM BERNERS-LEE

35
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with the ease of sharing information at present, its reliability becomes compromised

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TRUE

36
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biotechnology and genetic engineering leads to the production of?

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all of the above

37
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the language of nature

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MATHEMATICS

38
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It pertains to the variations in genes contained by an organism.

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GENETIC VARIATION

39
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a technique that allows genes and DNA to be transferred from one source to another

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Genetic Engineering

40
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The product of Genetic Engineering is called?

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LIVING MODIFIED ORGANISM (LMOS) OR GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMOS)

41
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Survival of the fittest implies that living organisms have a natural spectrum of characteristics such as size, mass, or length.

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EVOLUTIONARY THEORY

42
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this word means “to know”

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SCIRE

43
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below are statements that are true for biotechnology, except?

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not able to enhance the nutritional quality of good

44
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the variety of life on earth and the natural patterns it forms

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Biodiversity

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