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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Virus that infects its host and stars reproducing right away making the host sick quickly






2. Anything that causes disease






3. Rejoining of DNA






4. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






5. What is another name for genetic engineering?






6. Are viruses living?






7. A world wide break out of a disease






8. What are the characteristics of living things?






9. What is a DNA fingerprint?






10. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






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






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






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






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






16. How are viruses classified?






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






18. Another word for lytic






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






20. Things that can cause disease






21. Another word for lysogenic






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






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






24. A non living pathogen made of only protien






25. How a pathogen gets from host to host






26. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






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






28. How can a communicable disease be passed?






29. A local outbreak of disease






30. Genetically identical copy






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






32. Outside protien coat of a virus






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






34. What is the virus structure?






35. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






36. Creating DNA from RNA






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






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






39. What is recombinant DNA?






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






41. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






42. Different types of nucleic acid






43. Different shapes of a virus






44. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






46. Figuring out the order of the letters in a strand of DNA






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






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






49. How do viruses cause disease?