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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. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






2. Are viruses living?






3. A world wide break out of a disease






4. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






6. How can a communicable disease be passed?






7. How are viruses classified?






8. What is recombinant DNA?






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






10. Anything that causes disease






11. Another word for lysogenic






12. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






14. Outside protien coat of a virus






15. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






16. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






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






19. Rejoining of DNA






20. Different shapes of a virus






21. A local outbreak of disease






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






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






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






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






26. What is the virus structure?






27. Different types of nucleic acid






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






29. Creating DNA from RNA






30. Genetically identical copy






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






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






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






34. What is a DNA fingerprint?






35. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






36. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






37. Another word for lytic






38. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






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






41. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






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






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






45. How do viruses cause disease?






46. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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






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






49. Things that can cause disease