“Harvest of Fear” Video Worksheet One

 

Name _______________________________ Date ___________

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NTRODUCTION

1. What is The E.L.F.?

Earth Liberation Front

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radical group against use

of genetically modified food

2. What devastated the Papaya crop in Ha

waii?

The papaya ring spot virus. Barriers and chemicals could not stop the spread.

3. How did the researchers possibly solve this problem?

Genetically engineering a papaya that is ‘vaccinated’ against the ring spot virus.

4. What was one of the ea

rly genetic modifications for corn?

BT corn

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Corn that is modified to produce BT (

b

acillus thuringiensis)

a toxin to kill the

corn bore caterpillar

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5. What school is at the center of Agricultural Research?

Cornell University

6. How is the "natural

fiber" cotton a problem for the environment?

#1 user of pesticides and therefore a large pollution or environmental issue

7. What are GMO's?

Genetically Modified Organisms