Genetically Modified Organisms

(GMOs)

Vocabulary

(Write the following definitions in your notebook on PAGE 8)

• Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) – the result of a laboratory process of taking genes from one species and inserting them into another in an attempt to obtain a desire trait or characteristic.

• Genes: short sequences of DNA.

• DNA – Holds genetic information found in nucleus.

Food for Thought:

Do you believe that Genetically Modified

Foods are Good or Bad? Explain.

Write your response down on page 8 of your notebook.