To toss in the air, imparting a spin: flip a coin. 2. a. To cause to turn over or around, especially with a light quick motion: flip over a card; flipped the pancake with a spatula.
Natural selection is when favorable traits are passed down to offspring while harmful and less favorable traits are eliminated, due to higher predation, competition from the o â¦ rganisms with more favored traits, etc. Since organisms with more favored traits will, logically, have much more chance of surviving to reproduce than those who lack the favored traits, the next generations will slowly start to accumulate a higher percentage of organisms who have the favored traits.
Genetic engineering (GE, aka Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)) is the process of transferring specific traits, or genes, from one organism into a different plant or animal. The resulting organism is called transgenic or a GMO (genetically modified organism).very single decision a farmer or corporation makes about growing or raising a certain kind of food affects the final product. Cutting corners on the quality of animal feed, waste management, training for farm workers, processing methods and distribution all affect the safety of our food.