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






2. Different shapes of a virus






3. A world wide break out of a disease






4. How a pathogen gets from host to host






5. Another word for lysogenic






6. What is the virus structure?






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






8. Things that can cause disease






9. Creating DNA from RNA






10. What are the characteristics of living things?






11. What is recombinant DNA?






12. Another word for lytic






13. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






15. What is a DNA fingerprint?






16. What is another name for genetic engineering?






17. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






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






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






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






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






23. A local outbreak of disease






24. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






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






27. Genetically identical copy






28. How are viruses classified?






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






30. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






31. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






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






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






34. Rejoining of DNA






35. How do viruses cause disease?






36. Anything that causes disease






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






38. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






40. Outside protien coat of a virus






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






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






43. A non living pathogen made of only protien






44. Are viruses living?






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






46. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






48. Different types of nucleic acid






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