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.