GMO Reading Comprehension and Quiz

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Multiple Choice

Some scientists believe that the creation of a new kind of rice that produces vitamin A could help...

• save the rapidly declining population of monarch butterflies

• solve food shortages in undeveloped nations throughout the world

• prevent blindness in places where people’s diets lack vitamin A

• cease the spread of airborne diseases that attack and destroy crops

Multiple Choice

Which word means to take in food or some other substance?

• ignite

• ingest

• digest

• integrate

Multiple Choice

How is the loss of seed variety due to GMO seed production being addressed?

• New varieties of non-GMO plants are being developed without the help of scientists.

• Gmo seeds are being disposed of and only traditional seeds are being planted.

• Seed banks are being created to collect and preserve traditional crop seeds along with the knowledge of the people who grew them.

• Large groups of people are refusing to buy GMO crops and shopping only at farmer's markets.

Multiple Choice

What is the author's purpose for writing this book?

• To persuade the reader to never purchase GMOs because they promote the destruction of the natural world.

• To inform the reader of the positive effects of GMOs on the profitability of farmers.

• To persuade the reader to petition the government to label foods containing GMOs.

• To inform the reader about the potential benefits and detriments of GMOs.

Multiple Choice

People who buy goods and services are called..?

• bioengineers

• consumers

• corporations

• environmentalists

Multiple Choice

An opinion is a view or judgment, not necessarily based on fact.

Which of the following expresses an opinion?

• In over 60 countries, GMOs have been banned until further study can prove that they are safe.

• Some businesses, such as specialty grocery stores, have pledged to label all GMO products that they sell.

• Labelling GMO products will only promote more fear and hinder the development of new GMO products, that might help people in the future.

• Some scientists say that because GMO crops can be grown using fewer chemicals they can make farming less harmful to the environment and food safer for human consumption.

Multiple Choice

Why does the author include details about the monarch butterfly?

• To give an example of a possible negative effect of GMOs.

• To prove that the population decrease, is from something other than GMOs.

• To compare it with the ladybug, and how GMOs affect their population.

• To introduce a shift in perspective in this section of the book.

Multiple Choice

What is the author's point of view on GMOs?

• There are both potential benefits and drawbacks to the creation and consumption of GMOs.

• Genetically modified foods should be illegal because of their detrimental nature to humans and the environment.

• All farmers can benefit from planting only genetically modified seeds through increased crop yield.

• The consumption of GMOs is directly correlated to the rise of food allergies, particularly soy, peanuts, eggs, and milk.

Multiple Choice

To assess the effects of GMOs on humans, someone might...

• grow their own crops.

• conduct unbiased research.

• move to another country.

• make alterations to the genetic modifications of a crop.

Multiple Choice

Some people believe that the promotion of stronger GMO plants will cause...

• vegetables to lose their flavor.

• a global food shortage.

• an increase in seed variety.

• an increase in crop yield.

Open Ended

What are some potential benefits of GMOs? What are some of the hindrances? Please use details from the text to support your answers.