GMO intro

GMOs

​-GMO stands for genetically modified organism
-Plants, animals, and microbes can have changes made to their genome
-This genetic engineering is done to the organisms to alter their characteristics

What are GMOS?

Multiple Choice

What percentage of food in the average grocery store has been genetically modified or contains genetically modfied ingredients?

• Less than 25%

• 30%

• Over 75%

• 50%

• Up to 94% of soybeans and cotton in the U.S.A are genetically engineered

• Up to 92% of corn in America is genetically engineered

​Here are some ingredients made by GMO crops: cornstarch, corn syrup, corn oil, soybean oil, canola oil, and granulated sugar

Multiple Select

What some purposes of GMOs?

• Help farmers prevent crop loss

• Longer lasting, more shelf stable food

• Less diversity between food

• Less nutritious food

Genetically modified corn

• Most GMO corn is created to resist insect and pests or to better tolerate herbicide

• (Bt) corn is modified to produce proteins that are toxic to insect pests, but not humans or livestock

• GMO (Bt) corn reduces the need for spraying insecticides while still preventing insect damage

How are crops genetically modified?

1. Identify the gene that gives the organism the desired trait

2. Copy that genetic information

3. Insert that genetic information into the DNA of another organism

4. Grow the new organism

5. Observe, monitor and test the new organism for effectiveness

Multiple Choice

How are GMOs created?

• Genetic engineering

• Expose crops to chemicals

• Cross breed species