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






2. How can a communicable disease be passed?






3. How are viruses classified?






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






5. A local outbreak of disease






6. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






7. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






8. How a pathogen gets from host to host






9. A world wide break out of a disease






10. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






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






13. Things that can cause disease






14. Another word for lytic






15. What is recombinant DNA?






16. Genetically identical copy






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






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






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






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






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






22. How do viruses cause disease?






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






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






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






26. Creating DNA from RNA






27. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






28. Another word for lysogenic






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






30. What is the virus structure?






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






32. Anything that causes disease






33. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






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






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






37. What are the characteristics of living things?






38. Outside protien coat of a virus






39. Are viruses living?






40. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






41. What is a DNA fingerprint?






42. Different shapes of a virus






43. Rejoining of DNA






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






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






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






47. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






48. A non living pathogen made of only protien






49. Different types of nucleic acid