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Genetic Engineering And Virus

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Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A type of disease caused a problem with someone's DNA that leads to a miss a malfunctioning protein
Transmission
Genetic disease
Capsids
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated

2. Figuring out the order of the letters in a strand of DNA
Host
DNA sequencing
Rod and sphere
Transmission

3. A worldwide outbreak of a disease
Pandemic
No
Pathogen
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it

4. What are the characteristics of living things?
No
DNA sequencing
Transmission
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy

5. How a pathogen gets from host to host
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Transmission
Only from parent to child
Genetic disease

6. How a pathogen gets from its reservoir to its host
No
Through sneezing or touching
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
Transmission

7. Different shapes of a virus
Lytic
Capsids
Rod and sphere
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease

8. Type of disease caused by a pathogen (virus - bacteria - etc.) damaging cells in the body
Communicable Disease
Capsids
Lytic
Host

9. An organism in which the pathogen lives and causes disease
Vector
Host
Reservoir
Temperate

10. How can a genetic disease be passed...
Rod and sphere
Transmission
No
Only from parent to child

11. How are viruses classified?
Recombinant DNA technology
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Vector

12. Are viruses living?
Only from parent to child
Vector
No
Lytic

13. What is another name for genetic engineering?
Communicable Disease
Recombinant DNA technology
Vector
Envelope

14. Outside protien coat of a virus
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease
Viroid
Capsid

15. What is the virus structure?
Made of DNA or RNA - capsid - sometimes an envelope
Viroid
Viriulent
Host

16. A non - living pathogen made of nucleic acid and protein
Virus
Vector
Epidemic
Envelope

17. Something that carries a piece of DNA or pathogen but is not affected by them
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated
Vector

18. Another word for lytic
Virus
Viriulent
Capsids
Viroid

19. Virus that infects its host and stars reproducing right away making the host sick quickly
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Shapes
No
Lytic

20. Creating DNA from RNA
Reverse transcription
Clone
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
Genetic disease

21. Possible extra outside coat on a virus
Lytic
Envelope
Reservoir
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone

22. A world wide break out of a disease
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone
Transmission
Pandemic
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have

23. A non living pathogen made of only protien
Vector
Temperate
Lysogenic
Prion

24. Rejoining of DNA
Transmission
Gene splicing
Recombinant DNA technology
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own

25. Layer of protein surrounding the nucleic acid in a virus
Genetic disease
Capsids
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have

26. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions
DNA sequencing
Gene splicing
Transgenic organisms
DNA and RNA

27. Virus that pauses one it gets inside the cell and can lay dormant for days or years
Capsids
Rod and sphere
Lysogenic
Transmission

28. Rod and sphere refers to the different ______ a virus can be...
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Shapes
DNA sequencing
Capsid

29. A living organism like an animal or insect that carries a pathogen from host to host
Vector
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Viriulent
Envelope

30. What is the use of a host for a virus?
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host

31. Genetically identical copy
Capsid
Clone
Rod and sphere
Prions

32. What is recombinant DNA?
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
Transgenic organisms
Communicable Disease
Gene splicing

33. DNA that is made from pieces of DNA from 2 different organisms
Reservoir
Recombinant DNA
Transmission
Pandemic

34. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
No
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated
Through sneezing or touching

35. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Recombinant DNA
Pathogen
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own

36. How can a communicable disease be passed?
Through sneezing or touching
Vector
Communicable Disease
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy

37. A non living pathogen made only of DNA
Reverse transcription
Viriulent
Lytic
Viroid

38. How do viruses cause disease?
Lysogenic
Viroid
Prion
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease

39. Another word for lysogenic
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Temperate
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
Recombinant DNA

40. A local outbreak of disease
Epidemic
Temperate
Clone
Envelope

41. Why is it harder to genetically engineer a plant?
Temperate
Transmission
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Lysogenic

42. Things that can cause disease
Communicable Disease
Recombinant DNA technology
Pathogen
Pathogens

43. What is a DNA fingerprint?
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Only from parent to child
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone
Viroid

44. What is the procedure for taking a piece of DNA form one organism and putting it into another?
Capsids
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Gene splicing
Pathogens

45. Anything that causes disease
Genetic disease
Pathogen
Gene splicing
Pandemic

46. Different types of nucleic acid
DNA and RNA
Shapes
Rod and sphere
Pandemic

47. A circular piece of single stranded RNA that can cause disease found in plants
Pandemic
Epidemic
Vector
Viroid

48. He original host; where the virus lives until it moves to humans; usually only has mild symptoms
Prion
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease
Reservoir
Transmission

49. Normal body protein that has changed its 3d shape only - it has no DNA and can cause disease
Prions
Recombinant DNA
Viroid
Shapes