Page 75. Focus Your Attention. Part A. TRY IT

Unit eight

page 75

focus your attention

part a: try it

today we’re going to talk about the genetic modification of food; that’s genetic modification.

GEN ETIC, genetic modification.

genetic modification is when scientists change the genes inside a living thing like a plant or animal.

these changes make the plant or animal grow in a different way.

another term for this type of food is transgenic food.

that’s transgenic, TRANS GENIC, transgenic food.

so that’s what we’re going to look at today.

before we go on though…