Quiz questions

Question 0

RDNA (recombinant DNA) is

Answer 0

DNA that has been mixed with two species of DNA

Question 1

True/false Biotechnology was created less than 100 years ago

Answer 1

True

Question 2

what do you use to cut DNA

Answer 2

Restriction enzymes

Question 3

After cutting DNA, you end up with loose strands without base pairs. what do you call this?

Answer 3

sticky ends

Question 4

what is the major difference between genomic library and cDNA library?

Answer 4

One is storing all the DNA that is turned on which is cDNA

Question 5

what do we call the process of converting RNA into DNA?

Answer 5

reverse transcription

Question 6

Are viruses living or nonliving? why or why not?

Answer 6

no. they can’t reproduce on their own

Question 7

what is a pathogen

Answer 7

any bacteria or virus that can cause disease to an organism. ex: bacteria, virus, plant, fungi etc…

Question 8

Is virus injected into a cell lytic or lysogenic?

Answer 8

lytic

Question 9

what is lytic cycle?

Answer 9

it involves infection & replication

Question 10

what is the lysogenic cycle?

Answer 10

It involves a virus being dormant, waiting, switching cycles over time

Question 11

what is a vaccine?

Answer 11

prevents a disease from getting worse (antibody)

Question 12

what is a antibody

Answer 12

an antibody is a fingerprint that your body remembers when the vaccine goes away

Question 13

What are the main characteristics of bacteria?

Answer 13

• cell walls
• no nuclei
• is circular DNA
• flagellum (movement)
• no organelles

Question 14

what is a endospore?

Answer 14

a non active state while waiting for the right environment (organisms=bacteria)

Question 15

how can bacteria reproduce?

Answer 15

-binary fission(the process: 1) replicate dna 2.) split in two)

Question 16

what are the properties of antibiotics?

Answer 16

• prevents bacteria that stops making cell walls

- produced naturally by some species of bacteria and fungi