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10787415748biotechnologyThe manipulation of living organisms or their components to produce useful products.0
10787425912selective breedingThe process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as parents of the next generation1
10787432295fermentationThe chemical action of yeast, bacteria or enzymes on sugars2
10798483376BioprocessingA technique in which microorganisms, living cells, or their components are used to produce a desired end product.3
10798489819genetic engineeringartificially combining DNA from 2 different sources4
10798502015protein engineeringMaking proteins that don't exist in nature5
10798513554gene cloninginsertion of a plasmid DNA into a gene.6
10798526638reproductive cloningcopying an entire organism from a single somatic cell nucleus7
10798540231monoclonal antibodiesa collection of identical antibodies that interact with a single antigen site8
10798551850Use of monoclonal antibodiesdetection of disease, pregnancy, cancer, contaminants9
10798564078plant and animal cell culturehaving an animal grow more of the same tissue10
10798581062organism level of biotechnologyworking with complete intact organisms or their cells11
10798592754BiosensorsMicrobes that can locate biologically active pollutants12
10798595931use of biosensorsmeasure food freshness and blood glucose in diabetics13
10798608742molecular level of biotechnologyuse of gene engineering by taking a gene, isolating it, cutting it and moving it into a cell of another organism.14
10798644112safety symbol of acutely toxic15
10803780838safety symbol for harmful to skin eyes irritant16
10803844981safety symbol for oxidizer17
10803852194safety symbol for explosive18
10803857705safety symbol for burns skin/corrosive to metal19
10803865227safety symbol for gas under pressure20
10803895415safety symbol for flammable21
10803937175safety symbol for toxic to aquatic life22
10803953556safety symbol for carcinogen, mutagen, reproductive toxin/ toxic if aspirated23
10804013572Chemical Hazard Label Upper quadrant ( red) warns about whatFire Hazard24
10804027609Chemical Hazard Label Right quadrant (yellow) warns about whatinstability/reactivity25
10804048563Chemical Hazard Label bottom quadrant (white) warns about whatspecific hazard (acid, alkali, corrosive, oxidizer, radioactive, use no water)26
10804072597Chemical Hazard Label left quadrant (blue) warns about whatHealth Hazard27
10804121947Liters measure what?volume28
10804125273Meters measure what?length/distance29
10804132880grams measure what?mass30
10804141736rule for multiplying in scientific notationmultiply coefficient and add exponents31
10804146475rule for adding in scientific notationmake both addends have the same exponent. Keep exponent same in answer, add coefficient32
10804175512rule for dividing in scientific notationdivide the coefficients and subtract exponents33
10804204257rule for subtracting in scientific notationmake both numbers have the same exponent. Keep exponent same in answer, subtract coefficients34
10804254210How many grams are in one kilogram?1000 grams35
10804259850how many milligrams are in one gram1000 mg36
10804355149how many micrograms are in a gram1 million micrograms37
10804367705How do you find formula weight of a moleculeusing a periodic table, add all the atomic masses together.38
10804388512Which formula do you use when trying to dilute a stock solution to make a set amount of the diluted solution you want?C1V1 = C2V239
10804408331Which 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 molarityFW X M X L40

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