Estiva, Ria Mae R.
HRM106
GE 5
                                Questions for Reflection
   1. What role does the environment play in addressing the needs of a society?
       - Environment plays an important role to address the needs of a society or the
       living things rather, it is the life support system. It is the environment that helps us
       survive, it provides the very needs of the people such as oxygen, food, water and
       other materials.
   2. How can people maintain the rich biodiversity in nature?
      -People maintain the rich biodiversity in nature by having enough knowledge to
      conserve and protect our environment, to maintain cleanliness and taking care of
      our nature.
   3. In your own words, how is an organism’s genome manipulated?
       -An organism genome manipulated from different organism with scientific
       procedures that is very helpful on meeting the needs of the increasing
       population.
   4. What are the pros and cons of genetically modifying crops?
        -For the pros, Crops protection is the main rationale behind this type of genetic
        modification. Plants that are more resistant to diseases spread by insects or
        viruses result in higher yields for farmers and a more attractive product. For the
        cons there is concern that genetic modification, which can boost a crop's
        resistance to disease or make it more tolerant to herbicides, could affect the
        ability of people to defend against illness and is prone to illness like allergic
        reactions and cancer.
   5. Will you eat GMO’s? Why or why not?
       -I’ll prefer on eating GMO’s as in our generation it is found on anywhere or
       anything we eat because practically speaking GMO is need in our society to
       meet the increasing population.