Genetically Modified Plants Can Improve Food Production

Question 1

1) What can can be genetically modified to?

Answer 1

Increase food production in lots of different ways

Question 2

1) what is one way you can do this?

Answer 2

Make them resistant to insects, or make the resistant to herbicides (chemicals that kill plants)

Question 3

2) what does making crops insect-resistant mean for farmers?

Answer 3

Farmers don’t have to spray as many pesticides so wildlife that doesn’t eat the crop isn’t harmed
Increases crop yield, making more food

Question 4

3) what does making crops herbicide-resistant mean?

Answer 4

Farmers can spray their crops to kill weeds, without affecting the crop itself. Increase crop yield

Question 5

4) what is one concern about growing genetically modified crops?

Answer 5

Transplanted genes may get out into the environment

Question 6

4) what is another concern about growing genetically modified crops?

Answer 6

They could adversely affect food chains - or even human health

Question 7

5) why are some people against genetic engineering altogether?

Answer 7

They worry that changing an organisms genes might create unforeseen problems that could get passed on to future generations