biotechnology terminology Flashcards

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