Question

GMO stands for ______
(a) Genetically Matured Organism
(b) Genetically Modified Organism
(c) Genes Modified in Organism
(d) Genetically Modified Organs

Answer 1

GMO basically stands for “genetically modified organism”. This however, is a new organism, which is not found in nature, and are created by scientists when they genetically modify or engineer food plants.

Health and environmental risks with genetically modified foods have been identified. When scientists genetically modify or engineer food plants genes from an animal, plant, bacterium, or virus are inserted into the plant, thereby irreversibly altering the genetic code – the “blueprint” that determines all of an organism’s physical characteristics – of the organism that received the gene.

Answer 2

GMO is a Genetically modified organism.