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In middle school Biology students will look at cloning - the process by which identical genetic copies can be made of a donor organism. This quiz tests how much they have learned about how cloning is possible. Plants, single celled organisms and and a few animals (e.g. sea urchin) use asexual reproduction to make exact genetic copies of themselves. These exact copies are called clones.
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Humans have been cloning plants for centuries by taking cuttings and scientists succeeded in cloning a frog in 1958. This was followed by clones of fish in the 1960s and 1970s but it wasn't until 1997 that the first large animal, a sheep called Dolly, was cloned. Since then, other large animals have also been cloned, including pets. As the technique has been developed, it has been possible to combine cloning with genetic engineering
There are two main techniques of large animal cloning. The first involves separating the stem cells (cells which have not yet become specialized) of a naturally fertilized embryo and implanting the individual cells into a host mother. The second involves removing the nucleus from an unfertilised egg cell and replacing it with the nucleus from a donor animal.
It would be possible to create human clones in the same way but there are many ethical issues. In your middle school exam you may be asked to use your scientific knowledge of cloning to discuss the pros and cons of human cloning. If you do get such a question, make sure that you show that you know and understand the issues and offer arguments from both sides.
Now play this quiz all about cloning organisms to see how much you know about surrogates, gametes, enucleating and donors.
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Cloning is an example of which type of reproduction? |
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Sexual |
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Asexual |
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Binary fission |
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Conjugation |
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Which gamete cell is needed for cloning? |
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Sperm |
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Egg |
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Brain |
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Skin |
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Where is the cloned animal grown? |
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Test tube |
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Ovary |
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Uterus (womb) |
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Oven |
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What is the animal that gives birth to the cloned animal known as? |
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A carrier |
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A suffragette |
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A surrogate |
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A sufferer |
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Enucleate means the removal of what? |
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A cell |
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A nucleus |
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An egg |
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A sperm |
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During cloning, what is an electrical current used for? |
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To stimulate cell division |
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To destroy the egg cell nucleus |
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To start growth of the egg |
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To remove the contents of the fused cells |
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The cloned animal has the same DNA as which of the following? |
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The father |
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The mother |
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The surrogate |
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The donor |
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Cloning has not been demonstrated in which of the following? |
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Plants |
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Sheep |
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Humans |
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Cattle |
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Adult cell cloning was first demonstrated in which type of animal? |
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Sheep |
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Frogs |
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Dogs |
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Chickens |
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A special type of cloning splits apart cells from a developing animal. What is this type of cloning called? |
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Embryo transplant cloning |
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Donor cell cloning |
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Egg cell cloning |
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Surrogate cloning |
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Cloning is an example of which type of reproduction? |
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Sexual |
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Asexual |
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Binary fission |
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Conjugation |
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2.
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Which gamete cell is needed for cloning? |
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Sperm |
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Egg |
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Brain |
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Skin |
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3.
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Where is the cloned animal grown? |
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Test tube |
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Ovary |
| [x] |
Uterus (womb) |
| [ ] |
Oven |
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What is the animal that gives birth to the cloned animal known as? |
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A carrier |
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A suffragette |
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A surrogate |
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A sufferer |
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Enucleate means the removal of what? |
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A cell |
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A nucleus |
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An egg |
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A sperm |
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6.
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During cloning, what is an electrical current used for? |
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| [x] |
To stimulate cell division |
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To destroy the egg cell nucleus |
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To start growth of the egg |
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To remove the contents of the fused cells |
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The cloned animal has the same DNA as which of the following? |
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The father |
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The mother |
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The surrogate |
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The donor |
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8.
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Cloning has not been demonstrated in which of the following? |
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Plants |
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Sheep |
| [x] |
Humans |
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Cattle |
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9.
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Adult cell cloning was first demonstrated in which type of animal? |
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Sheep |
| [x] |
Frogs |
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Dogs |
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Chickens |
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10.
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A special type of cloning splits apart cells from a developing animal. What is this type of cloning called? |
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| [x] |
Embryo transplant cloning |
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Donor cell cloning |
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Egg cell cloning |
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Surrogate cloning |
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