True or False
True or False: GMO stands for Genetically made organism.
(You will lose double the points if you get this question wrong.)
False
What are super-weeds?
Weeds that are resistant to herbicides
Scientists blame Roundup for killing how much of Monarch butterflies that live in the U.S?
90%
""An epidemic of _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ " has developed resistance to herbicides that GM crops were designed to tolerate."
(Hint: number of blanks equals number of letters.)
Super-weeds
GMOs bring down the diversity of what kinds of species?
Plants
True or False: GMOs killed lots of Monarch butterflies.
False
What are Monarch butterflies?
An endangered species of butterfly
Super-weeds are choking crops on how much acres of U.S cropland?
(Hint: it is in the millions.)
60 million
Farmers made wheat which was resistant to blight - which is a bad plant disease - and later the crops were very vulnerable to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
(Hint: number of blanks equals number of letters.)
Diseases
The majority of corn and soybeans exported from the U.S and Argentina are what?
Genetically modified
True or false: Each time you genetically modify a food there is a chance that “formerly nontoxic in food could become toxic.”
True
What is Roundup?
A weed killer brand
Some researchers have estimated that what amount of flowering plants are made by humans?
40%
"_ _ _ _ are also called bioengineered organisms or transgenic organisms."
GMOs
GMOs can alter the taste of what?
Crops
True or False: Genetic engineering can make plants able to withstand a drought.
True
What is another name for a herbicide?
Weed killer
Some researchers have estimated that what amount of grasses are made by humans?
70%
Their is a citrus fruit that was genetically modified called a tangelo that is part _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, Mandarin orange, and a grapefruit.
(Hint: number of blanks equals number of letters and the first 5 letters of tangelo are the first five letters of this fruit.)
Tangerine
GMO foods can have more nutrients in them because you can add what in them?
Vitamins
True or False: GMOs can't have more nutrients than normal food.
(Sorry, since their is a 50% chance you'll get this question correct if you guess you only get 50% of the points.)
False
(Did you really think I would only put negative things about GMOs in this section)
What are allergens?
Allergens are things that are in some foods that can cause a allergic reaction
Genetically modified ingredients are in how much of the food eaten in the U.S?
(Hint: I will accept multiple answers so if you get this question wrong you will lose 1,200 points.)
70-80%
GMOs can make vaccines and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
(Hint: number of blanks equals number of letters.)
Medicines
GMOs might change the amount of metabolic _ _ _ _ _ levels that is produced by metabolism in our bodies.
(Hint: number of blanks equals number of letters.)
Toxin