Title: Unit 12 Review
Course: SAT 170 Introductory Biotechnology > Section: SAT 170 Introductory Biotechnology

Q: What is “white biotechnology”?

Q: What are the mechanisms used to identify an enzyme of interest that will carry out a particular reaction or set of reactions to be used for an industrial process?

Q: What are the advantages of continuous processing over batch processing?

Q: A ___________________________ is a gas that absorbs radiation within the atmosphere; water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and ozone are the primary greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere.

Q: How is biomass different from fossil fuels?

Q: What effect does a greenhouse gas have on the Earth’s atmosphere? How might this contribute to climate change?

Q: A ___________________________ is a device that using living organisms or their chemicals to detect a particular material, and a transducer to create a measurable signal of what was detected.

Q: What are some sources of biomass feedstock?

Q: Define biofuel. How is this different from the term bioenergy?

Q: What are some potential problems associated with the use of energy crops for the production of biofuel?

Q: What are the mechanisms used for the conversion of biomass to biofuel?

Q: Bulk raw materials or fuels that serve as the input for industrial processes are known as ___________________________.

Q: Explain how the concept of value chains and supply chains factor into the problem of implementing changes to promote industrial biotechnology practices.

Q: Which of the following is true regarding hydrogels?
- They are an example of biopolymers which are products that are made by living things
- They are biodegradable which means that they can be broken down by natural means in a relatively short period of time
- They are enzymes that are isolated from living organisms which will be used as chemical agents
- They are devices which represent a convergence of biological materials and electronic devices
- None of the above
A: None of the above

Q: What are some examples of applications of biomaterials? Name at least two.

Q: ___________________________ are natural or synthetic polymers which are very absorbent and highly biocompatible because they behave similar to biological material.

Q: Which of the following is true regarding hydrogels?
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Which of the following correctly describes the term bioeconomy?
- It is used to describe the biomass supply chain
- It is used to describe the biomass value chain
- an economy that is driven by research in the biosciences such as biotechnology
- an industrial practice that uses biomass and bioreagents to secure fundng
- none of the above
A: an economy that is driven by research in the biosciences such as biotechnology

Q: What are some of the problems with materials that may be marketed as biodegradable?

Q: What is polylactic acid (PLA)? Why is it significant for industrial biotechnology?