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What food that you eat is most likely to be genetically engineered?
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  1. Tomatoes

  2. Bread

  3. Potatoes

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: C

A transgenic crop is
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  1. A crop which is a mutant

  2. A crop that has been bread to exhibit new characteristics

  3. A crop that has had a gene from another species inserted

  4. All the above

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Correct Option: C

What potential benefits can we gain from GM foods?
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  1. Long shelf life

  2. Higher nutrient content

  3. Reduced chemical use

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D

What potential negative effects come from GM foods? (Click all that apply)
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  1. Mutant species

  2. Allergic reactions

  3. Genetic out-crossing

  4. Super weeds

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Correct Option: B,C,D

The reason a granite block is mostly empty space is because the atoms in the granite are:
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  1. Held together by electrical forces

  2. Invisible

  3. Mostly empty space themselves

  4. Not as close together as they could be

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Correct Option: C

The chemical properties of matter comes mostly from its
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  1. Neutrons

  2. Valence electrons

  3. Protons

  4. Neucleous

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Correct Option: B

Which experiences the least electrical force in an electric field?
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  1. Electron

  2. Beta particle

  3. Gamma ray

  4. Alpha particle

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Correct Option: C

An excited atom decays to its ground state and emits a photon of green light. If instead, the atoms decays to an intermediate state, then the light emitted could be:
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  1. Violet

  2. White

  3. Blue

  4. Red

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Correct Option: D

If one neutron is added to a helium nucleus, the result is:
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  1. Lithium

  2. Helium

  3. Hydrogen

  4. Carbon

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Correct Option: B

The boiling temperature of water is much higher than methane because water molecules are:
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  1. composed of fewer atoms

  2. more massive

  3. smaller

  4. polar

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Correct Option: D