There is a run on sentence
<span>To
protect plant form insect damage, I will make it into a transgenic plant.
Transgenic plant are called genetically modified organisms (GMO) because there
is a gene added or removed in the original plant to obtain a set of
characteristic such as insect damage.</span>
Since you provided a time, I am taking a guess that it's online and the teacher or professor should usually give you a time that officially marks when it's due on January 3rd. If not, you could turn it in on January 3rd anytime, but not after 12:00 a.m. which would make it January 4th. I hope this makes since.
I can't think of four things but I was always taught to always cite everything. Even if you think something is an original idea or phrase, look it up and make sure and if someone else has said that just put it in your work cited because that could be considered plagiarism. Also always cite direct quotes
