GM Food Flashcards

1
Q

For: increased nutritional value
Better flavour and colour

Elimination of allergy-causing properties in some foods

A

Mass production

Greater resistence to environmental changes

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2
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Opponents:
We are not aware of the steps involved before gm food are made available for sale.

GM Crops have not been tasted adequately for their safety as food

A

Altering genes could lead to unforeseen problems.

Tampering with nature by mixing genes among species is not right.

We can never be sure whether GM food have been tested appropriately or not.

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3
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Genetic modification

A

Genetic alteration

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4
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Bio-engineered food

A

Genetically modified food

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5
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Genetically engineered food

Genetically modified crop

A

✨🌹

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6
Q

Functional food

A

Enriched food

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7
Q

Organic agriculture

Organic farming

A

🌹😊

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8
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A trangenic animal or plant contains one or more genes that have been added from another type of plant or animal.

A

Transgenic💚

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9
Q

Containing no additives

A

Additive free

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10
Q

Free from the use of artificial chemicals

A

Chemical-free

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11
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Using GE techniques to modify the DNA of plants

A

Biotech Crops

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