
GMO and selective Breeding
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What is a GMO?
An organism that has had its DNA modified by humans
An organism missing a chromosome
Epigenetics
A genetically identical organism
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Selective breeding is...
a process to create an organism with desired traits from parents with those desired traits to benefit humans
natural method of producing offspring with desired traits
creating a new species
making organisms reproduce during times of stress
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An example of selective breeding is
a dog breeder mating 2 dogs to make more dogs
a farmer grows bees to pollinate the plants on his farm
a person pollinates 2 white rose plants to only create white roses
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One problem with selective breeding is
creating a new species
gene variety is lost
extinction of a species
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Concerns about genetically modified organisms include(s)
risk to human health
may be harmful to ecosystems
seed/pollen drift to organic farms
all of these are valid concerns
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What mutation has occurred here?
T-G-A-C-C-A
T-G-A-G-C-A
Substitution
Deletion
Insertion
Frameshift
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What type of chromosomal mutation has occurred?
substitution
insertion
deletion
nondisjunction
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Problems with selective breeding include
Better animals
Increased meat production
Animals can have bad health problems
more diversity
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A mutation in which only one nucleotide is altered is called a:
Frameshift Mutation
Deletion Mutation
Point Mutation
Insertion Mutation
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Which is NOT a result of selective breeding?
Large seedless watermelons that consumer demand
Bright oranges that are all about the same size
An insect that matches the color of the environment
A dog that has been bred to have short hair
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A mutation is defined as:
A change in the cell's structure
Anything that changes in an embryo
Any change in the physical features of a human
A change in the DNA sequence
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Which of the following best represents inbreeding?
removing DNA from an organism
changing traits based on environment
crossing 2 similiar animals
crossing 2 different animals
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What mutation has occurred here?
T-G-A-C-C-A
T-G-A-G-C-A
Substitution
Deletion
Insertion
Frameshift
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Identify the DELETION mutation form the following:
ATG CCA AAT
ATG TCA AAT
ATG CCT AAA T
ATC CA AT
ATG CCA AAT
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The purpose of selective breeding is to
get bigger animals
get smaller animals
create animals with desirable traits
create animals with bad traits
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Identify the SUBSTITUTION mutation form the following:
ATG CCA AAT
ATG TCA AAT
ATG CCT AAA T
ATC CA AT
ATG CCA AAT
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When selective breeding food crops what might a farmer select for? (Select all that apply.)
The plant the produced the most grain
The plant the produced the largest sized grain
The plant that was the most disease resistant
The plant that was the smallest
The smelliest plant
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GMO stands for
Genetically modified organism
Genetically made organism
Generically made organ
Generically modified organism
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GMOs can be
plants only
animals only
plant, animal, and bacteria
plant and animal only
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The purpose of selective breeding is to
Get bigger animals
get smaller animals
create animals with desirable traits
create animals with bad traits
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The corn that we eat today
was created through selective breeding of the teosinte plant.
was created by natural selection of the teosinte plant.
has not changed in thousands of years.
none of these
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What does bio mean?
copy
imitation
life
fake
What is a GMO?
An organism that has had its DNA modified by humans
An organism missing a chromosome
Epigenetics
A genetically identical organism
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