Deck 8-Slides 35-39

Question 1

Some transgenic plants produce human ________ that can be used to fight disease.

Answer 1

Antibodies

Question 2

Some transgenic plants produce _________ that can now be produced only from petroleum.

Answer 2

Plastics

Question 3

Some transgenic plants produce ________ that are resistant to rot and spoilage.

Answer 3

Foods

Question 4

Transgenic ________ plants that contains vitamin A improve the diets of billions worldwide.

Answer 4

Rice

Question 5

Concerns of GM food to humans are direct health effects (_________) and tendencies to produce __________ reactions.

Answer 5

Toxicity, allergic

Question 6

A concern over GM food is the effects of the engineered gene on ______ populations of the crop.

Answer 6

Wild

Question 7

Another concern over GM food to the environment is the effects on non-targeted organisms (insects that are not ______) and killing off the _______ (bees and monarchs).

Answer 7

Pests, pollinators

Question 8

The first mammal to be cloned in 1997 was “_________ the lamb.”

Answer 8

Dolly (see diagram on slide 37)

Question 9

The hopes of cloning are to make _______ of transgenic organisms and to help ________ endangered species.

Answer 9

Copies, save

Question 10

A controversy of cloning is that some clones have genetic _________ and health problems.

Answer 10

Defects

Question 11

Another controversy of cloning is cloning humans; there are serious ________ ethical issues.

Answer 11

Moral