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ESLPodcast881–EatingGeneticallyModifiedFoods

GLOSSARY

geneticallymodified–withchangeshavingbeenmadetothegenes(building

blocksoflife)withinaplantoranimalspecies

*Inthefuture,willpeoplebegeneticallymodifiedtoprotectthemfromdiseases?

geneticallyengineered–createdtohavesomespecificcharacteristicsby

controllingthegenes(buildingblocksoflife)withinaplantoranimalspecies

*Thiscornhasbeengeneticallyengineeredtoneedlesswaterandgrowtaller.

laboratory–aroomwherescientistsdesignandperformexperiments,orwhere

engineersbuildandtestthings

*Xavierspendslongdaysatthelaboratory,searchingforacureforcancer.

–deoxyribonucleicacid;thechemicalsubstancethatcarriesgenetic

informationwithinlivingthings

*Piotrisgoingtorequestatesttodeterminewhetherthelittlegirlisreally

hisdaughter.

nutrient–asubstancefoundinfoodorsoilthatanimalsorplantsusetogrow

anddevelop

*Growingchildrenneedfoodswithalotofnutrients,likewholegrainsandfresh

fruitsandvegetables.

resistant–noteasilydamagedbysomething;noteasilyharmedornegatively

influencedbysomething

*Thiswatchiswater-resistant,soit’sokaytoshowerwithit,butyouprobably

shouldn’tleaveitinthewaterforlongperiodsoftime.

disease–anillness;asickness

*Polio,malaria,andmanyotherdiseaseshavebeenlargelyeliminatedinNorth

America.

pest–aninsectorrodent(smallanimal)thatdestroyscrops,spreadsdisease,

andcausesothertypesofharmorproblemsforhumans

*Ratsareamajorpestinlargecities.

mutation–ageneticchangethatmakesoneindividualdifferentfromother

individualsofthesamespecies

*Ifawomaniposedtocertainchemicalswhilesheispregnant,itcanresult

inmutationsthatcausebirthdefec