Bt corn is enhanced through biotechnology to protect against ______.

Golden Rice is a new type of rice that contains _________ (provitamin A, a plant pigment that the body converts into vitamin A as needed). This compound is what gives this grain its yellow-orange or golden color, hence its name.

Genetic engineering (also called genetic modification) is a process that uses laboratory-based technologies to alter the ____ makeup of an organism

By the 1990s, ____ virus disease had nearly wiped out Hawaii’s papaya crop, and in the process, almost destroyed the papaya industry in Hawaii. A GMO papaya, 3 named the Rainbow papaya, was created to resist ______ virus.

____________ becomes first country to approve nutrient-enriched “Golden Rice” for planting.

The GMO pink pineapple was developed to have pink flesh by increasing the levels of ______.

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops are plants genetically engineered (modified) to contain the endospore (or crystal) _____ of the bacterium which kills insects.

Golden rice has the promise to help prevent millions of deaths and alleviate the suffering of children and adults with vitamin __ deficiency and micronutrient malnutrition in developing countries.