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Genetic Engineering And Virus
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Instructions:
Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An organism in which the pathogen lives and causes disease
No
Epidemic
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Host
2. Layer of protein surrounding the nucleic acid in a virus
Vector
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Capsids
Reverse transcription
3. A non - living pathogen made of nucleic acid and protein
DNA and RNA
Rod and sphere
Virus
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
4. A world wide break out of a disease
Pandemic
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
No
Prion
5. Outside protien coat of a virus
Reverse transcription
Capsid
Rod and sphere
Viroid
6. 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
Through sneezing or touching
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Reservoir
7. Rejoining of DNA
Only from parent to child
Gene splicing
Transmission
Viriulent
8. What is a DNA fingerprint?
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone
Host
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
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
9. A worldwide outbreak of a disease
Pandemic
Clone
Lysogenic
Vector
10. Type of disease caused by a pathogen (virus - bacteria - etc.) damaging cells in the body
Communicable Disease
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Prions
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
11. Rod and sphere refers to the different ______ a virus can be...
Lytic
Shapes
Pandemic
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
12. Creating DNA from RNA
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Capsid
Reverse transcription
Reservoir
13. Figuring out the order of the letters in a strand of DNA
Reverse transcription
Reservoir
DNA sequencing
Shapes
14. How a pathogen gets from its reservoir to its host
Rod and sphere
Transmission
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease
Vector
15. A non living pathogen made only of DNA
Viroid
Virus
Only from parent to child
Transgenic organisms
16. What is another name for genetic engineering?
Reservoir
Recombinant DNA technology
Pathogen
Transmission
17. How a pathogen gets from host to host
Envelope
Transmission
Viriulent
Virus
18. What is the virus structure?
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Made of DNA or RNA - capsid - sometimes an envelope
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
Lysogenic
19. How can a communicable disease be passed?
DNA sequencing
Reverse transcription
Pathogens
Through sneezing or touching
20. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering
Capsids
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease
21. How are viruses classified?
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Reservoir
Recombinant 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
22. DNA that is made from pieces of DNA from 2 different organisms
Transgenic organisms
Reservoir
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Recombinant DNA
23. He original host; where the virus lives until it moves to humans; usually only has mild symptoms
Shapes
Reservoir
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Lytic
24. Virus that infects its host and stars reproducing right away making the host sick quickly
Genetic disease
Lytic
Pathogen
No
25. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?
Prions
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
Transmission
Virus
26. A non living pathogen made of only protien
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Vector
Genetic disease
Prion
27. Another word for lysogenic
DNA and RNA
Temperate
Rod and sphere
Only from parent to child
28. A circular piece of single stranded RNA that can cause disease found in plants
Recombinant DNA
Pathogen
Viroid
Envelope
29. What is the procedure for taking a piece of DNA form one organism and putting it into another?
Communicable Disease
Lysogenic
Prions
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
30. Are viruses living?
DNA and RNA
Transgenic organisms
Epidemic
No
31. Things that can cause disease
Pathogens
Transmission
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
Genetic disease
32. Virus that pauses one it gets inside the cell and can lay dormant for days or years
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
Lysogenic
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone
Clone
33. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions
Transgenic organisms
Viroid
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
DNA sequencing
34. Different shapes of a virus
Rod and sphere
Recombinant DNA
Vector
Viriulent
35. A living organism like an animal or insect that carries a pathogen from host to host
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
Viriulent
Vector
Virus
36. Anything that causes disease
Pathogen
Recombinant DNA technology
Rod and sphere
Viroid
37. Genetically identical copy
Prions
Recombinant DNA
Clone
Shapes
38. What is the use of a host for a virus?
Only from parent to child
Viriulent
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
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
39. Different types of nucleic acid
DNA sequencing
Vector
DNA and RNA
Prion
40. 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
Gene splicing
Transmission
41. A local outbreak of disease
Epidemic
Shapes
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
42. A type of disease caused a problem with someone's DNA that leads to a miss a malfunctioning protein
No
Genetic disease
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
Transmission
43. Something that carries a piece of DNA or pathogen but is not affected by them
Vector
Capsids
Shapes
Pandemic
44. Possible extra outside coat on a virus
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
Envelope
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease
45. Why is it harder to genetically engineer a plant?
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Lytic
Transmission
Capsid
46. What is recombinant DNA?
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
Viriulent
Vector
Only from parent to child
47. Normal body protein that has changed its 3d shape only - it has no DNA and can cause disease
Transmission
Prions
Viriulent
Genetic disease
48. How can a genetic disease be passed...
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Only from parent to child
Through sneezing or touching
Capsids
49. How do viruses cause disease?
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease
No
Transgenic organisms
Lysogenic