Major Points: - Carnivorous plant evolution (what pressures? likely evolutionary pathway?) - Why do carnivorous plants live where they do? - What are N,P,K and what do plants use thhem for? - What forms of N,P,K can plants use? - What is going on at the interface of plant roots and soil? - Nutrient cycles on Earth.... N,P,K - Cation exchange in soil.... what is it? how is it done? what would happen without it, and how does that relate to plant carnivory? - What is a GMO? - What is a transgenic organism - Where are transgenic organisms found in nature, and how did humans learn to create them ourselves? - What is difference between artificial selection and modern targeted mutations? - Why is scientific literacy so important for society?