Vocabulary

1. the farming of plants and animals that live in water
6. the production of crops or livestock for food or fiber
7. breeding crossing of specific parents in order to get offspring with certain traits
10. the use of organisms to clean contamination in the environment
12. the amount of different life forms on earth or part of the earth
13. taming of wild things
15. process of producing an exact copy of an organism by asexual means
16. engineering the science or practice of altering the genetic code transmitted by living organisms by splicing and recombining specific genetic units from their DNA
17. The production of medicines or drugs in plants or domestic animals.
19. mapping The process of determining where genes are located on individual chromosomes
21. control the control of pests using other organism; such as predators
23. a set of moral principles and values

2. to make impure or unusable by adding a harmful substance
3. culture growing plants in a laboratory from cells instead of seeds.
4. An alternative fuel for use in diesel engines that is made from natural renewable sources such animal fats or vegetable oils
5. to produce a product; the amount
8. The introduction of DNA into the nucleus of an oocyte, embryo, or other cell by injection through a very fine needle
9. the use of living organisms to solve problems and make useful products
11. All the genetic material in the chromosomes of a particular organism
14. Taking genes from one species and inserting them into another species to get that trait expressed in the offspring.
18. modified organism An organism (plant, animal, bacteria, or virus) that has had its genetic material changed
20. the offspring of two plants or animals of different breeds or species
22. splicing A technique used to join segments of DNA to form a new genetic combination.