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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. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






3. What is recombinant DNA?






4. How are viruses classified?






5. Another word for lytic






6. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






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






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






10. How a pathogen gets from host to host






11. Different shapes of a virus






12. How can a communicable disease be passed?






13. Things that can cause disease






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






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






16. Another word for lysogenic






17. How do viruses cause disease?






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






19. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






20. A world wide break out of a disease






21. Outside protien coat of a virus






22. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






23. What is the virus structure?






24. Anything that causes disease






25. Different types of nucleic acid






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






27. Genetically identical copy






28. Are viruses living?






29. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






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






32. A non living pathogen made of only protien






33. A local outbreak of disease






34. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






35. Creating DNA from RNA






36. What is another name for genetic engineering?






37. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






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






40. Rejoining of DNA






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






42. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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