10787415748 | biotechnology | The manipulation of living organisms or their components to produce useful products. | 0 | |
10787425912 | selective breeding | The process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as parents of the next generation | 1 | |
10787432295 | fermentation | The chemical action of yeast, bacteria or enzymes on sugars | 2 | |
10798483376 | Bioprocessing | A technique in which microorganisms, living cells, or their components are used to produce a desired end product. | 3 | |
10798489819 | genetic engineering | artificially combining DNA from 2 different sources | 4 | |
10798502015 | protein engineering | Making proteins that don't exist in nature | 5 | |
10798513554 | gene cloning | insertion of a plasmid DNA into a gene. | 6 | |
10798526638 | reproductive cloning | copying an entire organism from a single somatic cell nucleus | 7 | |
10798540231 | monoclonal antibodies | a collection of identical antibodies that interact with a single antigen site | 8 | |
10798551850 | Use of monoclonal antibodies | detection of disease, pregnancy, cancer, contaminants | 9 | |
10798564078 | plant and animal cell culture | having an animal grow more of the same tissue | 10 | |
10798581062 | organism level of biotechnology | working with complete intact organisms or their cells | 11 | |
10798592754 | Biosensors | Microbes that can locate biologically active pollutants | 12 | |
10798595931 | use of biosensors | measure food freshness and blood glucose in diabetics | 13 | |
10798608742 | molecular level of biotechnology | use of gene engineering by taking a gene, isolating it, cutting it and moving it into a cell of another organism. | 14 | |
10798644112 | safety symbol of acutely toxic | ![]() | 15 | |
10803780838 | safety symbol for harmful to skin eyes irritant | ![]() | 16 | |
10803844981 | safety symbol for oxidizer | ![]() | 17 | |
10803852194 | safety symbol for explosive | ![]() | 18 | |
10803857705 | safety symbol for burns skin/corrosive to metal | ![]() | 19 | |
10803865227 | safety symbol for gas under pressure | ![]() | 20 | |
10803895415 | safety symbol for flammable | ![]() | 21 | |
10803937175 | safety symbol for toxic to aquatic life | ![]() | 22 | |
10803953556 | safety symbol for carcinogen, mutagen, reproductive toxin/ toxic if aspirated | ![]() | 23 | |
10804013572 | Chemical Hazard Label Upper quadrant ( red) warns about what | Fire Hazard | ![]() | 24 |
10804027609 | Chemical Hazard Label Right quadrant (yellow) warns about what | instability/reactivity | ![]() | 25 |
10804048563 | Chemical Hazard Label bottom quadrant (white) warns about what | specific hazard (acid, alkali, corrosive, oxidizer, radioactive, use no water) | ![]() | 26 |
10804072597 | Chemical Hazard Label left quadrant (blue) warns about what | Health Hazard | ![]() | 27 |
10804121947 | Liters measure what? | volume | 28 | |
10804125273 | Meters measure what? | length/distance | 29 | |
10804132880 | grams measure what? | mass | 30 | |
10804141736 | rule for multiplying in scientific notation | multiply coefficient and add exponents | 31 | |
10804146475 | rule for adding in scientific notation | make both addends have the same exponent. Keep exponent same in answer, add coefficient | 32 | |
10804175512 | rule for dividing in scientific notation | divide the coefficients and subtract exponents | 33 | |
10804204257 | rule for subtracting in scientific notation | make both numbers have the same exponent. Keep exponent same in answer, subtract coefficients | 34 | |
10804254210 | How many grams are in one kilogram? | 1000 grams | 35 | |
10804259850 | how many milligrams are in one gram | 1000 mg | 36 | |
10804355149 | how many micrograms are in a gram | 1 million micrograms | 37 | |
10804367705 | How do you find formula weight of a molecule | using a periodic table, add all the atomic masses together. | 38 | |
10804388512 | Which formula do you use when trying to dilute a stock solution to make a set amount of the diluted solution you want? | C1V1 = C2V2 | 39 | |
10804408331 | Which formula do you use if you need to know how many grams of a compound you need to make certain volume of a solution of a certain molarity | FW X M X L | 40 |
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