biotechnology quiz

to go with my biotechnology powerpoint :) enjoy and good luck :)

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  • Created by: danni :)
  • Created on: 21-05-13 15:07

1. a primary metabolite is:

  • a special light that keeps the microorganism warm
  • a substance produced that help the microorganisms survive- e.g., penicillin
  • a substance produced by the microorganism as part of their normal growth; e.g., amino acids
  • a substance used by the microorganisms to survive- e.g., penicillin
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2. What is biotechnology?

  • The industrial use of machines to produce food, drugs and other products.
  • The industrial use of dead organisms to produce food, drugs and other products.
  • The industrial use of living organisms to produce food, drugs and other products.
  • The industrial use of living organisms to produce clothes

3. immobilising enzymes

  • is cheap to set up
  • makes them more reactive
  • lowers purification costs
  • prevents contamination

4. Why use biotechnology?

  • they grow slowly
  • microbes reproduce sexually so are genetically identical
  • Isolated enzymes, that aren’t contained in cells, can be immobilised
  • microbes reproduce asexually so genetically varied

5. one way of steralising inoculation loops is to:

  • heat them with a bunsen burner
  • dip them in hydrochloric acid
  • dip them in sodium hydroxide
  • you never use the same one twice
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