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Ethics Reflections
SPACE 4: ETHICS
1. What does ethics/ethical mean?
SPACE 6: CAN MICROBES CLEAN UP OUR OILY MESS?
2. Why are these microbes able to eat fossil fuels like oil naturally?
do they eat?
Ethics Reflection 1
What are ethics?
What else
What does it mean to be ethical?
3. How are we now trying to enhance their ability to clean up wastes?
SPACE 7: CLEANING UP WASTES
What is bioremediation?
What traits do scientists look for in bacteria that occur naturally in landfills?
What is the unique food source of bacteria used in the Prince William Sound
environmental disaster?
SPACE 9: WILL GENE THERAPY CURE CANCER?
4. Three methods of gene therapy are given—list them:
5. How do we actually get the genetic material into cells?
SPACE 12: DESIGNER BABIES
6. Describe what the patent that the company “23 and Me” allows them to do
now and could allow them to do in the future.
SPACE 13: HUMAN CLONING
7. What is cloning currently used for?
8. If a human were to be cloned, would they be identical to the original? Why or
Why not?
9. What do scientists believe we are not ready for human cloning? Will it ever
be possible?
Ethics Reflection 2
After viewing the 4 video clips, list and explain
3 things that may be cause for ethical debate
or concern.
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SPACE 17: WHAT IS SELECTIVE BREEDING?
1. How is selective breeding (artificial selection) different from natural
selection?
2. What is genetic variation?
3. Why is genetic variation important to the survival of a species?
4. How does selective breeding affect the genetic variation of a species?
5. What are the advantages of selective breeding?
6. What might be the disadvantage of selective breeding?
SPACE 18: HOW ARE GMOs MADE?
1. Which of the following is a scientific reason plants are genetically
altered?
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Combat pests and disease
To increase plant survival of droughts and other environmental
challenges
Increase the amount of chemicals (herbicides and pesticides)
required to grow a crop
Improve nutritional value and flavor
2. What is the advantage of genetically modifying a plant versus
traditional artificial selection?
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Genetic modification is faster and allows scientists to concentrate on
a specific trait
Genetic modification is less controversial than traditional breeding.
Genetic modification is much cheaper than artificial selection.
3. The first step in genetic modification is to determine if the creation of a
genetically modified organism is the correct solution to the farmers’
problem. Which of the following was NOT tried by Hawaiian papaya
farmers before turning to genetic engineering?
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Immunizing the plants against the virus PRSV
Use of pesticides and destroying infected trees
Moving production to a different island
Planting mangoes instead of papayas in the hope they would be
resistant to the disease.
4. Genetically modified organisms (GMSs) have had their DNA changed to
include genes from a different organism. Where did the scientists get the
gene that was inserted into the papaya plant DNA?
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Bacteria
Virus
A fungus
A different species of plant
5. What regulatory organization(s) must give approval for testing and
marketing of GMOs?
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EPA
USDA
FDA
All of the above
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Ethics Reflection 3
After reading the information about selective
breeding and watching the GMO video,
describe one thing that may be an ethical
concern related to agricultural biotechnology.
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SPACE 19: WHO WANTS TO BE A GENETIC ENGINEER?
1. What are the 5 basic steps in the process that creates a transgenic organism
(GMO)?
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
2. Which two different species were involved in creating the Cinna-apple?
3. Which two different species were involved in creating the Borer Resistant
Corn?
4. Which trait did the gene code for that was inserted into the corn?
SLIDE 21: WHAT IS A GMO?
1. How is a transgenic organism different than a selectively bred organisms?
2.
What are the impacts of GMOs on the health of humans?
3.
What are the environmental impacts of GMOs?
4.
Describe the impact of GMOs on the evolution of other organisms in their
ecosystem?
SLIDE 24: AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: ACCELERATIN ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY IN NORTH CAROLINA
1. Describe the two NEW uses North Carolina cotton farmers’ crops.
2. Describe how a North Carolina division of the biotech company, SoyMeds, is
using soybean plants.
3. What agricultural crop is used for a unique purpose by the NC division of
Medicago?
4. For what purpose are they using this crop?
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Ethics Reflection 4
Explain three concerns that may be cause for
ethical debate in the field of agricultural
biotechnology.
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