Vocab
What is the application of a technological process, invention, or method to living organisms?
What is Biotechnology?
What are Pros and Cons of GMOs in Agriculture?
Pros
GMOs may have fewer pesticides
GMOs are usually cheaper
GMOs may have more nutrients
Cons
GMOs may cause allergic reactions
GMOs may increase antibiotic resistance
GMOs may create “superweeds”
What are Plants with the ability to withstand, deter or repel insects and thereby prevent them from feeding on the plant?
What are Insect-resistant crops
What type of enzymes cut DNA molecules when they identify specific nucleotide sequences?
What are Restriction enzymes?
Distinguish between artificial and natural selection.
Artificial selection works the same way as natural selection, except that with natural selection it is nature, not human interference, that makes these decisions.
What involves the changing of an organism’s DNA to give the organism new traits. Genetic engineering is possible because the genetic code is shared by all organisms?
What is Genetic engineering?
What might happen if a genetically modified fish were introduced into the wild?
Genetically engineered fish would compete with their wild counterparts for food and space, and could even potentially interbreed with them.
What are crops that have been genetically engineered to tolerate drought conditions?
What are Drought-Resistant crops?
What is the process that takes advantage of naturally occurring genetic variation, to pass wanted traits on to the next generation of organisms?
What is selective breeding?
Describe how a transgenic organism is produced.
They are produced through the introduction of one or more foreign DNA sequences from another species by artificial means.
What is DNA that contains genes from more than one organism and is used to produce crop plants that make medicines and vitamins?
What is Recombinant DNA?
How could genetically modified salmon affect biodiversity if released into the environment?
Once free, these fish will enter a world where wild salmon are already in a precarious state. In this fragile environment, genetically engineered fish would compete with their wild counterparts for food and space
What are crops that have been genetically engineered to tolerate increased salt concentration in the soil?
What are Salt-tolerant crops?
What are crops that are genetically engineered to carry a gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)?
What are Bt Crops?
What are some examples of genetically modified crops?
What are soybeans, corn, canola, cotton, alfalfa, sugar beets, summer squash, papaya, apples and potatoes.
What has one or more genes from another organism inserted into its genome?
What is a Transgenic organism?
Should a vegetarian be concerned with eating a GM plant that contains DNA from a pig gene?
No, vegetarians or vegans should not worry about eating GM plants because they do not contain animal genes.
What species has been engineered to be self limiting?
What are Genetically modified mosquitoes?
What are crops that have been developed to survive application(s) of particular herbicides by the incorporation of certain gene(s) either through genetic engineering or traditional breeding methods?
What are Herbicide-tolerant crops?
How are mosquitoes genetically modified to control disease?
They are mass-produced in a laboratory to carry two types of genes, a self-limiting gene that prevents female mosquito offspring from surviving to adulthood. Since only female mosquitoes bite, this prevents the spread of disease.
What is a plant, animal, or microorganism whose genetic makeup has been modified in a laboratory using genetic engineering or transgenic technology?
What is a Genetically Modified Organism?
How are genetically modified mosquitoes being used to control pathogens?
GM mosquitoes are meant to help prevent disease outbreaks.
What is s the identification by humans of desirable traits in plants and animals, and the steps taken to enhance and perpetuate those traits in future generations?
What is Artificial selection?
What are plants with the ability to withstand, deter or repel pests and thereby prevent them from damaging the plants.
What are Pest-resistant crop?
Why are genetically modified mosquitoes released into the environment?
What is to help prevent disease outbreaks?