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