GMO!

If I purchase food labeled with the USDA Organic seal, I know these products did not grow from a bioengineered seed

• Fact

• Fiction

GMO stands for

• genetically made organism
• genetically modified organism
• gene manipulated organism
• Genetic mutant organism

What is a GMO?

• gene monitoring organizer

• genetically modified organism

• genome mining organization

• gene mobilizing organelle

What GMO crops have been grown and sold in the US?

• Strawberries

• Corn

• Wheat

• Pineapples

GMOs can be

• plants only

• animals only

• plant, animal, and bacteria

• plant and animal only

GMO foods look and taste the same as traditional foods and crops. The only difference is that GMO foods have

• fewer calories.

• the addition of specific minerals.

• genes with traits that improve something about the plant.

• a better chance of surviving a frost during the growing season.

An argument in favor of food biotechnology is that it

• provides foods that cure viral diseases.

• provides more food to feed a growing population.

• provides a cash crop for low income nations.

• biotech foods are not controversial

Concerns about genetically modified organisms include(s)

• risk to human health
• may be harmful to ecosystems
• seed/pollen drift to organic farms
• all of these are valid concerns

Reasons to genetically modify foods...

• Produce larger fruits

• Make pest resistant vegetables

• Produce food that grows faster

• All of the above

What is the role of biotechnology in agriculture?

• To create crops that require manual pollination

• To produce crops that can grow in colder climates

• To decrease the nutritional value of crops

• To increase dependency on fossil fuels