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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. Outside protien coat of a virus






3. Different shapes of a virus






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






5. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






7. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






9. What is the virus structure?






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






11. A non living pathogen made of only protien






12. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






14. Genetically identical copy






15. How are viruses classified?






16. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






18. Another word for lysogenic






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






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






21. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






22. Different types of nucleic acid






23. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






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






26. A world wide break out of a disease






27. What is a DNA fingerprint?






28. Creating DNA from RNA






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






30. Anything that causes disease






31. Are viruses living?






32. Things that can cause disease






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






34. What is recombinant DNA?






35. How can a communicable disease be passed?






36. A local outbreak of disease






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






38. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






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






41. How a pathogen gets from host to host






42. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






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






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






46. How do viruses cause disease?






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






48. Rejoining of DNA






49. Another word for lytic