Download - Chapter 2: Applications of Biology
Chapter 2: Applications of Biology
Vocabulary
BiometricsGeneticsBiomeGenomeEpidemiologyVaccinationGenetic engineeringEcologyEnvironmental scienceUse the table to define
as many words as you can.
Part Type Meaningbio- Prefix Life
metric Root measurement
-ic Suffix Having to do with
-ome Suffix All parts of something
gen Root Born; to become; to produce
Health in the 21st century
What is the relationship between copepods and cholera and why is it important?
How did Colwell develop a better method for detecting cholera in water that had previously tested negative?
Why were the bacteria not detected before?
How does the cholera example show that science is an integrated field of study?
Vaccinations
Explain where vaccines come from and how they work to fight disease.
Why do people study genetics?
What is the Human Genome Project?
What is a genome?
Biology and Human Potential
List at least three assistive technologies.
What is genetic engineering?
How is genetic engineering used?
What’s so special about Bt corn?
Diabetes is a disease that is regulated by insulin. How has the production of insulin changed in recent years?
What does nano stand for and what does it tell you about the size of the robots used in nanotechnology?
Forensic Science
What is biometrics?
What’s the difference between fingerprinting and DNA fingerprinting?
Which do you think is the more accurate and why?
What are some ethical concerns faced by society that relate to genetically modified organisms?
How do you feel about the possibility of information about you used improperly?
Advances in biotechnology have resulted in all of the following, except
A. Development of synthetic hormones
B. Development of iris scanning to establish identity.
C. Cloning of animalsD. Cloning of humans
Explain the difference between ecology and environmental science.