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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How are viruses classified?






2. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






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






5. How do viruses cause disease?






6. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






8. What is recombinant DNA?






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






10. Different shapes of a virus






11. Outside protien coat of a virus






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






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






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






15. A non living pathogen made of only protien






16. Are viruses living?






17. Anything that causes disease






18. What is the virus structure?






19. Creating DNA from RNA






20. What is a DNA fingerprint?






21. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






22. Genetically identical copy






23. Rejoining of DNA






24. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






26. A local outbreak of disease






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






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






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






30. Another word for lysogenic






31. What are the characteristics of living things?






32. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






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






35. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






36. Different types of nucleic acid






37. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






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






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






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






42. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






43. A world wide break out of a disease






44. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






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






46. Things that can cause disease






47. Another word for lytic






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






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