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