Use the Following Information to Answer the Questions Below

question 53

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the questions below.
Spider silk is one of the strongest biomolecules known. It has a tensile strength greater than Kevlar and elasticity greater than rubber. Attempts to "farm" spiders have met with little success (they tend to eat each other) . Researchers have identified the gene responsible for the formation of the silk.
-Researchers have successfully inserted this gene into goats. These "spidergoats" live a normal life. The silk protein is expressed and extracted from their milk. This is quite controversial; why not manufacture the silk from E.coli?

• A)E.coli cannot be transformed.
• B)Spiders are eukaryotic and their genes must be inserted into another eukaryote.
• C)The silk protein would be mixed with other protein products in E.coli.
• D)The sheer volume of protein extracted from milk makes it more economical.
• E)Goats are more closely related to spiders than bacteria.

Recognize the significance of quality control and the duty to warn in preventing product liability.

Acknowledge the impact of strict liability on promoting product safety.

Understand the criteria for defining a product as defective and the respective liabilities for manufacturing, design, and warning defects.

Understand the physiological components of emotional responses and their activation through the sympathetic nervous system.

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Definitions:

Unconscious Needs

Desires or requirements of which an individual might not be aware but which influence behaviors and emotions.

Inner Drives

Inherent motivations or impulses within an individual that propel them to act or pursue certain goals.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, influencing the likelihood of that behavior occurring again.

Modeled Behavior

Behavior learned through the observation of others and the imitation of their actions.