Summarize aspects of biotechnology including:
• Specific genetic information available
• Careers
• Economic benefits to North Carolina
• Ethical issues
• Implications for agriculture
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Developing cancer in our lifetime can be attributed to all BUT one of these factors.
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individual susceptibility based on inherited chromosomes
lifestyle and diet choices
level of education
exposure to environmental carcinogens
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Proteins produced by the immune system to destroy substances containing antigens are called
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red blood cells
antibiotics
antibodies
white blood cells
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Developing cancer in our lifetime can be attributed to all BUT one of these factors.
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Proteins produced by the immune system to destroy substances containing antigens are called
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Why do doctors suggest that people get a flu vaccine each year?
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For hundreds of years, people died from simple infections. One scientist, Fleming, helped us survive infections when he discovered
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Antibiotics are most effective in killing
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The Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918 was responsible for many deaths between 1918 and 1920. Which of these would be QUALITATIVE data to describe the flu
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You may have learned about the sheep clone Dolly in your science class. Although this experiment was greeted as a great success, there are many opponents to human cloning. however there are some advocates of human cloning. What would be a specific benefit of human cloning?
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Which of these careers would a student studying biotechnology MOST LIKELY pursue?
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Ten people became sick with the flu after attending a school dance. What is the scenario that could BEST explain how the people got sick?
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Which is the BEST way to help prevent the flu from becoming a pandemic?
