Month: January 2015
Strategies pressure groups use to bring about a change -M4
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) CND currently want to eliminate british nuclear weapons and global abolition of nuclear weapons, this would mean shutting down Trident. They want weapons of mass destruction banned and eliminated e.g. chemical weapons biological weapons (1) They have used campaigns to show the cruel treatment of nuclear weapons in the middle […]
Read more "Strategies pressure groups use to bring about a change -M4"Pressure groups and their influence on scientific advances – P5
Pressure groups How they influence scientific achievements. P.E.T.A (people for the ethical treatment of animals. Are an UK based charity that is dedicated to establishing and protecting animal rights. PETA use public education , research events, protests and celebrity involvement to educate the public on animal cruelty. They believe that animals have the same right […]
Read more "Pressure groups and their influence on scientific advances – P5"GMOs (GM food/crops) D3
GMOs (GM food/crops) GMOs have not been around for long all we know about them is that they modified food and animals to to produce a bigger yield and decreased biodiversity. We have no clue of what the long term effects are. So do we carry on a use it and hope there will be […]
Read more "GMOs (GM food/crops) D3"GMOs (Genetically modified organisms) M3
GMOs (Genetically modified organisms) Positives Negatives Have a resistance to herbicides, viruses, diseases and insects. This means that less herbicides will be needed. Produced quicker therefore there is a quicker crop turn around and animals can produce more (eggs, milk, meat etc) Have better taste and quality. Better shelf life and can be transported longer […]
Read more "GMOs (Genetically modified organisms) M3"Scientific advances – benefits and moral issues – P5
Scientific development Benefits Moral issues Genetically modified food/bacteria/animals (GM crops) Crops become immune to diseases, herbicides and parasites this will reduce the need for lots of herbicides but could mean less biodiversity as there will be fewer weed species. Modify them to produce more fruit/ have a bigger yield. Add genes to wild rice to […]
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