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EFP 240: 3B p52-53 Reading comprehension and vocabulary
EFP 240: 3B p52-53 Reading comprehension and vocabulary
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Which food below has the most nutritional value?
Pepsi
candy bar
oranges
water
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Paragraph A: Thanks to the food revolution, food is now:
contaminated with diseases
there is no change
lower quality and less nutritious
better quality and more nutritious (more vitamins and minerals)
3
The title "The Battle for Biotech" implies that...
different companies are fighting over biotech
there is controversy over biotech foods
everyone agrees that biotech foods are good
everyone agrees that biotech foods are bad
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Nutritional
value of food->Fruits and veg are very
nutritious
. Junk food is not.
Nutrition/nutritional/nutritious
means:
how healthy food is
related to vegetables and fruits
how unhealthy food is
related to junk food
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Paragraph C: What is the purpose of genetic alteration, both in the past and now?
to use related plants
to transfer thousands of genes at a time
make organism stronger/better by using useful genes from another organism
to grow more weeds
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"Most corn has its genes modified by scientists to make them strong against insects. " --> Modified here means _______
saved
protected
traits
changed
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Changing the DNA of food is making a
revolution
in food production. Food is better and stronger now. Revolution means...
a very big change
to go around
fruits and vegetables are evolving
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Paragraph B: What method did people use for thousands of years to change the genetic traits of plants?
keep seeds from the best crops and breed plants to make them sweet and big
people have only changed plants' genetic traits recently
They used special tools and machines to change plant DNA
they turned a wild tomato into a big tomoato
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Paragraph B: What are biotech foods?
Food that is made by robots
Food that is thousands of years old
Food that comes from plants and animals that had their DNA changed
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Paragraph A: Critics, people who are against an idea, are afraid that....
biotech foods are too big compared to their original size
biotech foods are low quality
biotech foods are too expensive
biotech foods are being sold before understanding their effects
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When you do things the "normal" or traditional way, you are doing it in a _________ way
modified
revolution
nutritional
conventional
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Some examples of biotech foods mentioned in paragraph C are:
corn, soybeans, and cotton
weeds, insects, and disease
rat genes and lettuce
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A _____ is a characteristic that comes from something's DNA. For example, its size, color, shape, etc
modified
nutritional
conventional
trait
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Paragraph C: Genetic engineering and genetic alteration use the same techniques (ways) to change food
True
False
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According to paragraph D, are biotech foods safe?
No
They cause cancer
Yes, according to research today
Scientists don't know
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Paragraph C - In the past, breeders could only breed plants and animals that were similar to each other.
True
False
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_____ is similar in meaning to despite, nevertheless, however, or although
revolution
traits
nutritional
notwithstanding
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Paragraph B: The genetic alteration (changing DNA) of plants is something new. People could not do it 100 years ago.
True
False
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Paragraph C: Nowadays, genes can be moved between plants and animals that are not similar (eg put rat DNA into lettuce)
True
False
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C- Now, we can move just a few genes between very different species. In the past, only 1000s of genes could be moved
False
True
