TASK DEFINITION: Given a scientific passage and an answer, generate a question for the given answer.
PROBLEM: Passage: A lens that causes the light rays to bend away from its axis is called a diverging lens. Ray tracing is the technique of graphically determining the paths that light rays take. The image in which light rays from one point on the object actually cross at the location of the image and can be projected onto a screen, a piece of film, or the retina of an eye is called a real image. Thin lens equations are. Answer: diverging lens

SOLUTION: What do you call a lens that causes the light rays to bend away from its axis?

PROBLEM: Passage: Static electricity is a buildup of electric charges on objects. It occurs when electrons are transferred from one object to another. Answer: static electricity

SOLUTION: What is the term for the buildup of electric charge on an object, which can be transferred to another when touched?

PROBLEM: Passage: Biotechnology is the use of biological agents for technological advancement. Biotechnology was used for breeding livestock and crops long before the scientific basis of these techniques was understood. Since the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953, the field of biotechnology has grown rapidly through both academic research and private companies. The primary applications of this technology are in medicine (production of vaccines and antibiotics) and agriculture (genetic modification of crops, such as to increase yields). Biotechnology also has many industrial applications, such as fermentation, the treatment of oil spills, and the production of biofuels (Figure 17.2). Answer: medicine and agriculture

SOLUTION:
Biotechnology is the use of biological agents for technological advancement. what two areas are the primary applications of this technology used?