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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. Are viruses living?






2. How are viruses classified?






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






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






5. What is the virus structure?






6. Anything that causes disease






7. Things that can cause disease






8. Different types of nucleic acid






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






10. Rejoining of DNA






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






12. A non living pathogen made of only protien






13. Another word for lytic






14. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






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






24. What is recombinant DNA?






25. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






26. What is a DNA fingerprint?






27. Genetically identical copy






28. A local outbreak of disease






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






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






31. What are the characteristics of living things?






32. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






33. Different shapes of a virus






34. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






36. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






38. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






39. Another word for lysogenic






40. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






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






43. How do viruses cause disease?






44. What is another name for genetic engineering?






45. Creating DNA from RNA






46. A world wide break out of a disease






47. Outside protien coat of a virus






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






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