Assume that your home country’s Agriculture Department is debating whether to permit the use of a new form of genetically modified tomato plants that grow faster and produce more fruit than natural varieties. Write a brief message designed to alert the Agriculture Department to the negatives of allowing the genetically modified tomato plants to be planted.
What will be an ideal response?
genetically modified organisms (GMOs), like these tomatoes, reduce diversity in the food supply. This results in greater vulnerable to diseases and pests. It can also reduce yields. Furthermore, since most GMO plants are sterile, farmers could end up facing a financial burden as they will have to purchase more seeds every year.
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Which of the following must happen to bills that require the state to spend money?
a. They must be certified by the comptroller of public accounts. b. They must be approved by the Finance Committee in the House. c. They must be approved by the Appropriations Committee in the senate. d. They must be approved by the Texas Secretary of State.
Between 1789 and the Civil War, the Supreme Court was primarily occupied with the issues of
A. states' rights and slavery. B. trade relations and states' rights. C. national supremacy and trade relations. D. slavery and national supremacy. E. commerce and civil liberties.
Which of the following groups did the Nineteenth Amendment enfranchise?
a. minority males b. immigrant males c. eighteen-year-olds d. citizens who did not own property e. None of the above
At the time of the nation’s founding, who besides white men were considered citizens?
a. White women b. Freed black men c. Native Americans d. British subjects