Answer question 6 Less than a dozen flowering plants out of 300,000 species account for 80% of the calories thathumans eat. Researchers estimate that food production has to double within 25 years to keep pacewith population and income growth. However, with global warming, soil degradation, and shortagesof water and land, food will actually become harder to produce than at present. How can humanityachieve this daunting task?1. Will seed diversity be the key in meeting this demand, especially in the face of climate change,soil degradation, and water and land shortages?2. Or should we let large biotech companies provide us with genetically modified crops?3. George Siemon, CEO of Organic Valley, the nation's largest organic farming cooperative, put itsuccinçtly in the above article from ABC news: "There is a growing awareness that our [foodsupply] system makes us all guinea pigs of sorts." Explain.4. Comment the answer of GM seed companies: "We don't know really know. And we aren't goingto let you find out, because it might interfere with our bottom line".5. Why many scientists of both sides (creationists and evolutionists) are against GMO seeds?6. There is evidence that a pesticide-producing organism continues to produce pesticide once it'sinside you (or a feedlot animal), colonizing your gut bacteria and genetically altering it to alsoproduce pesticide within your own cells. In essence, you become a pesticide producingorganism. Comment.

The mainly used pesticides producing organism is Bacillus thuringiensis which widely used in the…

6. There is evidence that a pesticide-producing organism continues to produce pesticide once it's inside you (or a feedlot animal), colonizing your gut bacteria and genetically altering it to also produce pesticide within your own cells. In essence, you become a pesticide producing organism. Comment.

6. There is evidence that a pesticide-producing organism continues to produce pesticide once it's inside you (or a feedlot animal), colonizing your gut bacteria and genetically altering it to also produce pesticide within your own cells. In essence, you become a pesticide producing organism. Comment.

Biology Today and Tomorrow without Physiology (MindTap Course List)

5th Edition

ISBN:9781305117396

Author:Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

Publisher:Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

Chapter1: Invitation To Biology

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1FIO: Figure 1.7 Taxonomic classification of five species that are related at different levels. Each...

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