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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Something that carries a piece of DNA or pathogen but is not affected by them






2. Another word for lytic






3. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






5. A world wide break out of a disease






6. Different shapes of a virus






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






8. How do viruses cause disease?






9. Anything that causes disease






10. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






11. How are viruses classified?






12. Outside protien coat of a virus






13. Creating DNA from RNA






14. Things that can cause disease






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






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






17. What is the virus structure?






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






19. Are viruses living?






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






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






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






23. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






25. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






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






28. Genetically identical copy






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






30. How can a communicable disease be passed?






31. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






32. How a pathogen gets from host to host






33. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






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






36. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






38. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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






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






41. Another word for lysogenic






42. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






43. What is recombinant DNA?






44. Different types of nucleic acid






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






46. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






47. Rejoining of DNA






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






49. A local outbreak of disease