Transgenic Plants

Question 1

What is a transgenic plant

Answer 1

A plant that contains genetic information from another species

Question 2

List at least four reasons why transgenic plants can be useful

Answer 2

Making plants resistant to pest diseases in drought, manufacture vaccines or other medicines, have greater nutritional value, absorb more carbon dioxide from the air, make crops resistant to herbicides, create plans to contain bacterial DNA that kills caterpillars and other pests that might eat the plant

Question 3

List two reasons why people might be against transgenic plants

Answer 3

They can impose risks to human health such as allergies, they could damage the environment.