ESL Questions Cloning
Cloning
We can copy DNA but not create identical lives. These 75 questions explore cloning, science, identity, ethics, and what makes us unique.
Beginner
What is a clone?
Is a clone a perfect copy of a person or animal?
Do you have an identical twin? (Twins are natural clones).
Who was "Dolly the Sheep"?
In what year was Dolly the Sheep born?
Is it possible to clone a pet, like a dog or a cat?
Would you like to have a clone of yourself?
What can a clone do?
Can a clone think for itself?
Is cloning a person legal in your country?
Why do scientists want to clone animals?
Can we clone a dinosaur (like in the movie Jurassic Park)?
What is "DNA"?
Is cloning good or bad for the world?
Is it "natural" to make a clone?
Can we clone plants (like flowers or trees)?
Is it expensive to make a clone?
Do you think a clone has a soul?
Can cloning help save animals that are disappearing (endangered)?
How does a clone grow? (Does it start as a baby or an adult?)
Is cloning the same as a "copy and paste" on a computer?
What is an "embryo"?
Do clones live for a long time?
Are you afraid of cloning technology?
Will cloning be common in the future?
Intermediate
Do you think cloning is inevitable?
Have you considered what makes you unique?
Would you clone a deceased loved one?
Do you think cloning raises ethical questions?
Have you discussed this with others?
Would you support human cloning research?
Do you think clones would have souls?
Have you questioned scientific boundaries?
Would you trust a clone?
Do you think cloning is different from having twins?
Have you felt curious about identity?
Would you preserve genetic material?
Do you think cloning would reduce diversity?
Have you wondered about psychological effects?
Would you clone endangered animals?
Do you think cloning will be legal?
Have you researched cloning technology?
Would you live with a clone?
Do you think cloning is natural selection?
Have you questioned what makes individuals?
Would you change your mind about cloning?
Do you think cloning solves problems?
Have you felt uncomfortable about possibilities?
Would you choose which traits to clone?
Do you think cloning changes what family means?
Advanced
Why do we fear clones while accepting twins?
When you copy DNA, do you copy consciousness?
Is a clone a person or a copy?
Why does cloning feel more wrong than genetic engineering?
Can identity survive being replicated?
Why do we want to cheat death through cloning?
When science can, should it?
Is a clone entitled to the original's memories?
Why do we think sameness equals identity?
Can clones ever be truly equal or always derivative?
Why is cloning the line we won't cross?
When we clone, what are we really trying to save?
Is cloning the logical end of personhood as product?
Why does the idea of duplication horrify us?
Can you be replaced and still matter?
Why do we think cloning makes us gods?
When clones exist, whose life has less value?
Is reproduction always an act of control?
Why do we fear becoming obsolete to our own copies?
Can consent work across identical bodies?
Why is individuality sacred when clones threaten it?
If cloned, are you a person or a backup?
Why do we imagine clones as slaves or threats?
When copying becomes possible, what happens to original?
Does cloning reveal the horror of how we already treat identity?