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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Figuring out the order of the letters in a strand of DNA






2. A local outbreak of disease






3. A non living pathogen made of only protien






4. Rod and sphere refers to the different ______ a virus can be...






5. What is a DNA fingerprint?






6. A circular piece of single stranded RNA that can cause disease found in plants






7. An organism in which the pathogen lives and causes disease






8. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






9. A non - living pathogen made of nucleic acid and protein






10. Virus that infects its host and stars reproducing right away making the host sick quickly






11. How can a communicable disease be passed?






12. Type of disease caused by a pathogen (virus - bacteria - etc.) damaging cells in the body






13. Things that can cause disease






14. How a pathogen gets from its reservoir to its host






15. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






16. What is the procedure for taking a piece of DNA form one organism and putting it into another?






17. Rejoining of DNA






18. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






19. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






20. How can a genetic disease be passed...






21. Different types of nucleic acid






22. How are viruses classified?






23. Another word for lytic






24. How do viruses cause disease?






25. Creating DNA from RNA






26. A type of disease caused a problem with someone's DNA that leads to a miss a malfunctioning protein






27. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






28. Normal body protein that has changed its 3d shape only - it has no DNA and can cause disease






29. A living organism like an animal or insect that carries a pathogen from host to host






30. Why is it harder to genetically engineer a plant?






31. Virus that pauses one it gets inside the cell and can lay dormant for days or years






32. What are the characteristics of living things?






33. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






34. Genetically identical copy






35. A world wide break out of a disease






36. What is recombinant DNA?






37. What is the use of a host for a virus?






38. Outside protien coat of a virus






39. What is the virus structure?






40. Different shapes of a virus






41. He original host; where the virus lives until it moves to humans; usually only has mild symptoms






42. Layer of protein surrounding the nucleic acid in a virus






43. Anything that causes disease






44. What is another name for genetic engineering?






45. How a pathogen gets from host to host






46. Are viruses living?






47. DNA that is made from pieces of DNA from 2 different organisms






48. Another word for lysogenic






49. Something that carries a piece of DNA or pathogen but is not affected by them