Question 1 (1 point) Question 1 Unsaved

_______________ is the process of the cell implementing the instructions of a gene and making a protein.


Question 1 options:


a.Gene switching



b.Gene expression



c.Gene influence



Question 2 (1 point) Question 2 Unsaved

Activation of specific genes is important for _____________________, where a cell is changed from a generalized cell to a specialized cell.


Question 2 options:


a.Cell differentiation



b.Cell modification



c.Cell transformation



Question 3 (1 point) Question 3 Unsaved

A class of proteins that eukaryotes use to turn genes on and off by allowing transcription to occur or blocking it are called _________________.


Question 3 options:


a.Repressor



b.Introns



c.Transcription factors



Question 4 (1 point) Question 4 Unsaved

Transcription occurs inside the ______________, while translation occurs in the ____________.


Question 4 options:


a.Cytoplasm; nucleus



b.Nucleus; cytoplasm



c.Cell; tissue



Question 5 (1 point) Question 5 Unsaved

The protein used by some prokaryotes that binds to the operator, blocking RNA polymerase, so transcription cannot take place is called the _____________.


Question 5 options:


a.Enzyme



b.Intron



c.Repressor



Question 6 (1 point) Question 6 Unsaved

______________ is the use of living organisms to produce new products or new organism for uses in agriculture, food production, and medicine.


Question 6 options:


a.Gene Expression



b.Biotechnology



c.Genome


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Question 7 (1 point) Question 7 Unsaved

____________ is the process of producing genetically identical organisms.


Question 7 options:


a.Recombinant DNA



b.Gene Therapy



c.Cloning



Question 8 (1 point) Question 8 Unsaved

When we combine DNA of 2 or more organisms we form _____________.


Question 8 options:


a.Recombinant DNA



b.Clones



c.Plasmids


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Question 9 (1 point) Question 9 Unsaved

Scientists frequently insert genes into the single, circular, extrachromosomal piece of bacterial DNA called the _______in order to have bacteria produce proteins they normally would not, such as insulin.


Question 9 options:


a.Lac Operon



b.Plasmids



c.Genome



Question 10 (1 point) Question 10 Unsaved

Scientists are studying the entire set of DNA in an organism’s cells, also called the _______, to better understand how genes work.


Question 10 options:


a.Plasmids



b.Lac Operon



c.Genome