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Technology's Influence on Biological Evolution

This quiz explores how technologies like artificial selection, genetic engineering, cloning, and gene therapy influence biological evolution in agriculture and medicine.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When a farmer chooses seeds from healthy carrots instead of unhealthy carrots for reproducing:

  1. natural selection
  2. artificial selection
  3. cloning
  4. genetic engineering
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which technology allows forensics teams to copy a suspect's DNA for further investigation?

  1. cloning
  2. genetic engineering
  3. artificial selection
  4. natural selection
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which technology would allow scientists to insert a gene into a fish's DNA to make it glow?

  1. natural selection
  2. artificial selection
  3. cloning
  4. genetic engineering
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Genetic engineering has improved life in all of the following areas except:

  1. medicine
  2. industry
  3. steel construction
  4. agriculture
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Artificial selection of the mustard plant has bred all of the following vegetables except:

  1. brussel sprouts
  2. broccoli
  3. green peppers
  4. kale
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

T/F: No ethical, legal, or social issues about selective breeding & genetic modification exist.

  1. TRUE
  2. FALSE
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When humans alter genetics in the offspring of a plant or animal for selective breeding, it is:

  1. artificial intelligence
  2. natural intelligence
  3. natural selection
  4. artificial selection
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What term describes how certain traits of a population dominate while others are suppressed?

  1. natural intelligence
  2. natural selection
  3. artificial selection
  4. artificial intelligence
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

T/F: Animal husbandry is a very important part of improving agricultural economies.

  1. TRUE
  2. FALSE
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

This science is concerned with caring for, breeding, & feeding livestock raised for consumption

  1. genetic modification
  2. gene therapy
  3. animal fostering
  4. animal husbandry
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is NOT a way that genetically modified food can influence life on Earth?

  1. to create herbicide-resistant crops
  2. to make sugary food non-fattening
  3. to make foods more nurtritious
  4. to create drought-resistant crops
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What technology is used to alter the DNA in plants and animals that produce our food?

  1. animal husbandry
  2. gene therapy
  3. genetic modification
  4. DNA development
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How could gene therapy benefit society?

  1. by possibly curing diseases
  2. by creating artificial intelligence
  3. by increasing work production
  4. by reducing carbon dioxide emissions
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

This technology inserts genetic materials into cells to help or replace abnormal genes?

  1. animal husbandry
  2. gene therapy
  3. genetic modification
  4. cross-pollination
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Scientists have technology that can improve major societal problems. Which is NOT a problem?

  1. hunger, due to poor soil
  2. lack of access to vaccinations
  3. persistent species of pests in crops
  4. poor sports equipment
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