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Genetic Engineering And Virus

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1. A circular piece of single stranded RNA that can cause disease found in plants
Viroid
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
Lytic
Only from parent to child

2. Creating DNA from RNA
Through sneezing or touching
Pathogens
Shapes
Reverse transcription

3. Are viruses living?
Vector
No
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Pathogen

4. Another word for lysogenic
Temperate
Clone
Lytic
Prion

5. How can a genetic disease be passed...
Lysogenic
Reverse transcription
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Only from parent to child

6. Why is it harder to genetically engineer a plant?
Host
Vector
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
No

7. What is the procedure for taking a piece of DNA form one organism and putting it into another?
DNA sequencing
Prions
Recombinant DNA technology
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host

8. Normal body protein that has changed its 3d shape only - it has no DNA and can cause disease
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Prions
Pathogen
Capsids

9. Virus that infects its host and stars reproducing right away making the host sick quickly
Lytic
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
Capsid
Host

10. How do viruses cause disease?
Prion
Pandemic
Gene splicing
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease

11. A worldwide outbreak of a disease
Pandemic
Lytic
Reverse transcription
Viroid

12. A local outbreak of disease
Communicable Disease
Vector
Epidemic
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources

13. How a pathogen gets from host to host
Virus
Lysogenic
Envelope
Transmission

14. What is another name for genetic engineering?
Recombinant DNA technology
Viriulent
Vector
Pandemic

15. How a pathogen gets from its reservoir to its host
Gene splicing
Viroid
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Transmission

16. What is the virus structure?
Made of DNA or RNA - capsid - sometimes an envelope
No
Pathogen
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have

17. Another word for lytic
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Viriulent
Capsid
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it

18. Things that can cause disease
Vector
Envelope
Rod and sphere
Pathogens

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

20. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering
Recombinant DNA technology
Viroid
Genetic disease
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own

21. What is a DNA fingerprint?
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone
Capsid
Vector
Envelope

22. Different types of nucleic acid
Clone
Transgenic organisms
DNA and RNA
Reverse transcription

23. Different shapes of a virus
Epidemic
Reservoir
Rod and sphere
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own

24. Type of disease caused by a pathogen (virus - bacteria - etc.) damaging cells in the body
Communicable Disease
Clone
Viriulent
Transmission

25. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions
Gene splicing
Transgenic organisms
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Clone

26. DNA that is made from pieces of DNA from 2 different organisms
Clone
Viriulent
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Recombinant DNA

27. A world wide break out of a disease
Shapes
No
Pathogens
Pandemic

28. How are viruses classified?
Recombinant DNA technology
Host
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Capsids

29. Layer of protein surrounding the nucleic acid in a virus
Capsids
Vector
Clone
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone

30. What are the characteristics of living things?
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease
Prion
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect

31. What is recombinant DNA?
Pandemic
Prions
Communicable Disease
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources

32. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
Recombinant DNA technology
Shapes
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

33. A non - living pathogen made of nucleic acid and protein
DNA sequencing
Virus
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host

34. Rod and sphere refers to the different ______ a virus can be...
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone
Genetic disease
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Shapes

35. Something that carries a piece of DNA or pathogen but is not affected by them
Vector
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Shapes
Communicable Disease

36. A type of disease caused a problem with someone's DNA that leads to a miss a malfunctioning protein
Only from parent to child
Transmission
Lytic
Genetic disease

37. A non living pathogen made only of DNA
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Envelope
Viroid

38. An organism in which the pathogen lives and causes disease
Host
Lysogenic
Pathogens
Capsid

39. Figuring out the order of the letters in a strand of DNA
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Capsids
DNA sequencing
Prions

40. Outside protien coat of a virus
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Capsid
Viroid
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

41. He original host; where the virus lives until it moves to humans; usually only has mild symptoms
Transmission
Pathogens
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
Reservoir

42. Possible extra outside coat on a virus
Envelope
Pandemic
Shapes
Transgenic organisms

43. A non living pathogen made of only protien
Prion
Capsids
Lysogenic
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

44. Genetically identical copy
DNA sequencing
Genetic disease
Clone
Communicable Disease

45. Rejoining of DNA
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
Gene splicing
Temperate

46. What is the use of a host for a virus?
Host
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone
Epidemic

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

48. Anything that causes disease
Pathogen
Gene splicing
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Capsid

49. Virus that pauses one it gets inside the cell and can lay dormant for days or years
Envelope
Virus
Lysogenic
Lytic