1. Scientists have taken genes from a species of bacteria that is pathogenic to several insects and
inserted the genes into potato plants. The bacterial genes cause a cell to produce toxins that kill
the insects. As the potato plants grow, every cell of the plant contains the toxin-producing genes.
This makes the potato resistant to attack by crop pests.
Which of the following is a limitation of this new technology?

(select all the correct choose each statement that is scientific. - the opinions of randomly selected participants in a survey prove the idea that global temperatures are not increasing on earth. - the universe's average temperature and rate of expansion support the idea that it began as one super-dense and hot mass 13.8 billion years ago. - ocean tides are caused by the uneven gravitational pulls of the moon and sun on different parts of earth. - human life is more valuable than other forms of life on earth because humans are more intelligent than other organisms.