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Answer these questions by April 30 and be entered into a drawing for prizes. All seventh and eighth graders are eligible.

Find the answers to these questions by using the library's Electronic Library 24/7 web page. Click on "Science and Technology" to access the resources containing the answers.

1. What was the name of the very first cloned mammal? Hint: It was a sheep.



2. Check out the “gene” encyclopedia article in the AccessScience database. What are genes?

Building blocks of the human body that never arise from mutation Every gene consists of a non-linear sequence of bases in a nucleic acid molecule Pants, often constructed from blue material The basic unit of inheritance

3. In The New Book of Popular Science database, an article about Genetic Technology tells us that “physicians generated a new jawbone for a man whose face had been ravaged by cancer—using stem cells to ‘grow’ a replacement lower jaw on his back.” What ethical concerns did this raise?



4. Which of these food crops has been genetically modified by scientists? Hint: They have been changed by direct genetic manipulation.

Soybeans Corn Cotton All of the Above

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