What I have Learned Activity 5. Pick A Word Direction: Complete the paragraph by filling out the missing word from the word box. Choices: breeding resistance farmer yield living animals bread wine cheese natural
Traditional biotechnology refers to several ancient ways of using (1)_____ organisms to make new products or modify existing ones. Traditional biotechnology can be traced back to human transition from hunter-gatherer to (2)______ As humans discovered more plant varieties and traits, they gradually became adapt at (3)______ specific plant varieties over several years, to obtain desired traits such as disease (4)_______ better taste and higher (5)____ With the domestication of (6)______ ancient farmers applied the same breeding techniques to obtain desired traits among animals over generations. Centuries ago, people accidentally discovered how to make use of (7)_____ processes that occur all the time within living cells. They discovered, that food matures in a way that changes its taste and content, and makes it less perishable. Hence, through a process later called fermentation, flour dough becomes leavened in the making of (8)______ -, grape juice becomes (9)____ and milk stored in bags made from camels' stomachs turns into (10)_____.