6.3.4- industry and work

Question 1

What is agriculture?

Answer 1

The science and practice of farming for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food and other products.

Question 2

What is the majority of applications of genetic modification related to?

Answer 2

Agriculture.

Question 3

What is an example of genetically modified crops in agriculture?

Answer 3

Roundup Ready® canola.

Question 4

How have soybeans been genetically modified?

Answer 4

To produce more fat and vitamins for use as animal feed.

Question 5

What is medicine?

Answer 5

The science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

Question 6

What is an example of a genetically modified product used in medicine?

Answer 6

Edible vaccines, such as bananas genetically modified to contain a vaccine for cholera.

When a person eats the banana, it stimulates an immune response.

Question 7

What are some conventional vaccines produced from GM sources?

Answer 7

Hepatitis A and B, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio.

Question 8

What is industry?

Answer 8

Economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.

Question 9

What is biodiesel produced from?

Answer 9

GM soybeans.

Question 10

What is ethanol sold at fuel stations produced from?

Answer 10

GM corn.