What is biotechnology?

What is biotechnology?

• A. Nutrition optimization
• B. Management of farm animals
• C. Genetic engineering
• D. Use of science in production

Answer: (D)

Biotechnology is applying biological knowledge to improve production processes and products. It uses living systems and their components to solve practical problems in farming and industry, such as using microorganisms to enhance fermentation or applying genetic tools to improve traits. The best answer captures this broad application: using science in production to achieve better outcomes. The other options are more limited. Nutrition optimization focuses on diet rather than applying biological science to production; management of farm animals is about operations, not the biological methods themselves; genetic engineering is a specific technique within biotechnology, not the entire field.

Biotechnology is applying biological knowledge to improve production processes and products. It uses living systems and their components to solve practical problems in farming and industry, such as using microorganisms to enhance fermentation or applying genetic tools to improve traits. The best answer captures this broad application: using science in production to achieve better outcomes.

The other options are more limited. Nutrition optimization focuses on diet rather than applying biological science to production; management of farm animals is about operations, not the biological methods themselves; genetic engineering is a specific technique within biotechnology, not the entire field.