Human Biology Test 8 FHSU

The human protein insulin is made inexpensively and in large quantities today using transgenic:

bacteria

Which of the following is not considered a greenhouse gas?

oxygen

"Last year, in a town of 1000 people, 59 babies were born, and 12 people died. What was last year s annual growth rate for this town?"

0.047 = 4.7%

The Scottish sheep Dolly was an example of a clone produced by:

nuclear transfer

Which of the following will result in rising sea levels?

melting of the Greenland ice sheet, melting of the Antarctic ice sheet, thermal expansion of ocean water

Countries that have an age structure diagram shaped like an inverted pyramid have populations that are _________.

shrinking

The livestock industry commonly uses this method of reproductive cloning:

embryo splitting

What is the name of this symbol?

Chasing arrows

At what time of life is the human sex ratio about 1:1?

at reproductive age

Roundup-ready corn, soybeans, and cotton have been genetically modified to do what?

be herbicide tolerant

What fossil fuel is used as a raw material to make different kinds of plastic?

petroleum

The Paris Agreement is an international treaty whose members have agreed to try to limit global temperature increase to below ____ °C.

2

Countries like the U.S. are in what stage of the Demographic Transition Model?

Stage 4

Atmospheric CO2 levels never exceeded _______ ppm before the Industrial Revolution. Today they are currently at _______ ppm:

300;432

What had the largest impact on human population growth for most of human history?

infectious disease

What is the most common form of solid waste management in the U.S.?

sanitary landfill disposal

The population density of 1000 cockroaches living in a 4 m3 dumpster is _________ cockroaches per m3.

250

A newer method of meat production, involving placing animal cells into bioreactor tanks, letting those cells multiply, and grow into muscle tissue, is called:

cultured meat

What country had a 1-child policy from 1979-2015

China

Extruding a patient's own stem cells onto a biodegradable scaffold is a technique currently used to make:

Skin grafts