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