Unit 6: Genetic Modification

The process of producing desired traits in a plant or animal for a specific use.

• genetic engineering

• selective breeding

• genetic modification

The process of taking genes from one organism and giving them to another organisms to give it a specific trait.

• selective breeding

• genetic engineering

• genetic modification

The process of choosing parent organisms that have specific traits to produce offspring that also have those traits.

• Selective breeding

• genetic modification

• genetic engineering

Moral values that we use to know right and wrong. Also the study of these values.

• economics

• engineering

• ethics

The study of the economy and the production of money, goods, and services.

• engineering

• economics

• ethics

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A farmer selectively breeds a new hybrid pear. This allows him to sell the pears at a higher price. This situation relates to:

• economics

• ethics

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A farmer notices that people are more likely to buy apples that have a bright red color. He raises several generations of apple trees that all have apples with very bold color. This allows him to sell more of his fruit to the public. This is an example of:

• selective breeding

• genetic engineering

A graduate student is studying how some frogs are able to freeze completely solid and be perfectly fine after thawing. The student takes this gene and gives it to pecan trees. As a result, the pecan trees are able to be planted farther north due to their resistance to the cold. This is an example of:

• selective breeding

• genetic engineering

The Food and Drug Administration approve a new variety of oranges that have twice as much vitamin C. However, reports soon start coming in of people having severe reactions to the fruit. Many people use their social media to voice their opinions about whether the FDA made the right choice. This example relates to:

• ethics

• economics

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Corn, as we know it today, came from an ancestor known as teosinte. Humans have raised corn crops for over 10,000 years. This is an example of:

• selective breeding

• genetic engineering