Science and technology are often attacked by environmental activists claiming that consumers are about to be poisoned by high-yielding agricultural innovations, including genetically modified
organisms. How come that supposedly well educated people are so badly informed about science?

Which of the following ideas did greek philosopher democritus contribute to the atomic theory? a. each object is made up of one atom, which varies in size from very small to very large. b. matter is composed of only one kind of particle, which can be easily destroyed. c. every element has a specific type of atom, which remains the same size in all forms of matter. d. all matter is composed of small particles, which combine to make larger objects.