Biology in the 21st Century SECTION 1.5 BIOLOGY AND YOUR FUTURE Power Notes Biology in the 21st Century CHAPTER 1 Personal health and lifestyle choices: Environment and society: Biology Biotechnology Benefits Risks Ethical Considerations Copyright © McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin Company. Unit 1 Resource Book McDougal Littell Biology Power Notes 19

KEY CONCEPT Understanding biology can help you make informed decisions.

Your health and the health of the environment depend on your knowledge of biology. Knowledge of biology helps you understand your health. food allergies potential effects of obesity Write in Personal health and lifestyle choice box!

Knowledge of biology helps you understand your health. food allergies potential effects of obesity Cancer prevention effects of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs brain lungs heart liver kidneys Write in Personal health and lifestyle choice box!

Knowledge of biology can help you understand environmental issues. interactions in ecosystems pollution Biodiversity Climate change Extinction Write in Environment and society box!

Biotechnology offers great promise but also raises many issues. Biotechnology is the use and application of living things and biological processes. Write this next to the word “Biotechnology”

Biotechnology is the use and application of living things and biological processes. DNA testing in medicine and forensics detect genetic disorders Increased food production Forensic science solves crimes transgenic (genetically modified) transgenic bacteria Write in Benefits box!

Questions are raised about the use of biotechnology. safety of genetically modified crops Write in Risks box! spread of undesirable genes decrease in biodiversity ethical considerations

Biology presents ethical questions. Privacy of genetic testing Possible discrimination based on genetics Use of animals in laboratory tests Genetic changes in human embryos Write in Ethical Considerations box!

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