Eyes of Nye--- Cloning Video Questions

  1. What is the first clone you see?______
  2. A clone is a living thing genetically ______to another living thing
  3. We could use cloning to rebuild or repair ______or cure genetic ______.
  1. Clones are offspring produced without ______.
  2. Asexual reproduction means that the organism comes from a single ______.
  1. In “Mondo Mundo”, the woman says that the clone will look like her but may not______like her. What does she mean by this statement? ______
  1. All cells that are not sex cells are called ______cells.
  2. To clone through somatic cell nuclear transfer, the ______is taken out of an egg cell and replaced with the nucleus from a somatic cell. It is then given a jolt of electricity and put back in a ______.
  1. Dolly the sheep was born on the ______try.
  2. If we have this much trouble cloning farm animals, should we try cloning on humans? Think about this. Give your reasons. ______
  1. Name one concern about cloning that is listed on the screen. ______
  2. What do scientists speculate that clones would be like? ______
  1. What does a sea squirt have in common with a human? ______
  2. Most of our genes are turned ______because they have made the body part they were responsible for.
  1. Dolly died at the age of ______because scientists think the nucleus was too ______.
  2. Why does Mr. Sanders think reproductive cloning is a bad idea?______
  1. What are the two controversies for reproductive cloning:
  2. The source of ______
  3. The destruction of ______
  1. The scientists were for ______cloning and against ______cloning.
  2. An embryo is a ball of ______that is growing and dividing
  1. Stem cells have not become all the ______cells of your body
  1. What is wrong with the rat? ______
  1. How do you think he got that injury? ______
  1. The rat that was injured with stem cells is now able to do what? ______
  1. Would you want a sick relative who is paralyzed (can’t move arms or legs) to be able to have the treatment provided by therapeutic cloning if it could make them better? Explain your reasoning.

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  1. What does the politician think about stem cell research? ______
  1. From the street interviews: Which argument do YOU agree with (if any)?Circle your answer.
  1. Women have lots of eggs that they will never us. It is OK for a women to donate/sell her eggs if she wants to and it helps the research in therapeutic cloning which has the potential to cure diseases.
  1. Women should not donate or sell their eggs because each egg had the potential, if fertilized, to become a human being.
  1. What does a bioethicist do?______
  2. What is the first disease that the ethicist thinks therapeutic cloning will treat? ______
  3. Do you think the tiny cluster of cells in an embryo are worth more than the life of a person who is already alive? ______
  4. We all have the power to effect laws with the vote. What does Bill Nye want you to do with the information you learned? ______