World Population Video
What was the sound heard during the video?
GMOs are plants or animals created through the gene splicing techniques of biotechnology
What are genetically modified organisms?
The father of the Green Revolution
Who is Dr Norman Borlaug
If more food is GMO produced, will it aid to help feed our increasing population?
No
During what years did the most drastic population take place?
1900 - 2050
Name 1 main concern for genetically modified foods.
What is Allergenicity or gene transfer
Series of research, development, and technology transfer initiatives, occurring between the 1940s and the late 1970s
What is the Green Revolution?
Do studies show if there are long-term effects from consuming GMO food?
No- not enough testes conducted yet
What areas were hit hardest by the bubonic plague and why?
Europe and Southeast Asia (areas of higher population density)
What is Genetically Modified Organisms?
What is Genetically modified organisms can be defined as organisms in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally
One of 2 main practices employed by the green revolution
What is introduction of new high-yield seeds and expanded use of fertilizer
Are GMO crops easy or hard to grow?
Easy
In 1800 there was significant population growth. What historical events, scientific and/or technological advances, and social changes were happening at that time?
Industrial Revolution when advances in medicine, agricultural/nutrition, sanitation, and transportation were starting to improve people's quality of life.
Yes or No: GMOs are produced in organic foods.
No
Why genetically modified grains are shorter in height
What is: so they can hold more pesticides and fertilizer
Why is the use of pesticides absent in the production of GMO crops?
They are built in already
What is the link between agriculture and population growth?
Agriculture had given people some control over food supply. This ability to control the amount of food grown provided the base for larger families. Planting crops let to permanent settlements so population increased.
How are GMOs created?
Gene splicing, in a laboratory, inserting desirable traits into seeds
One place where the Green revolution had a substantial impact
What is India and South America?
Do GMOs help antibiotics work more efficiently?
No- makes them more complicated