8.L.1 Diseases and Biotechnology

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Across
  1. 3. the intentional mating of two animals in an attempt to produce offspring with desirable characteristics
  2. 8. an organism that is infected with a pathogen and can spread it to other organisms but does not show any outward signs of the infection
  3. 12. a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury
  4. 13. single-celled organism that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes
  5. 14. a small, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell
  6. 16. the manipulation of living things to make useful products
  7. 17. a random change to a gene that results in a new trait
  8. 21. an outbreak that spreads over a large area, or throughout the world
  9. 23. a set of moral principles
  10. 25. a technique that produces an organism that is an exact genetic copy of another
  11. 26. immunity in which antibodies are given to a person rather than produced within the person's own body
  12. 28. a type of energy derived from renewable plant and animal materials or organic matter
  13. 30. DNA manipulation of cells or organisms
Down
  1. 1. allows selected individual genes to be transferred from one organism to another and also between non-related species
  2. 2. an organism that transmits a disease
  3. 4. a type of disease caused by the presence of a living thing in the body
  4. 5. immunity that occurs when a person's own immune system produces antibodies in response to the presence of a pathogen
  5. 6. introduced microorganism that break down environmental pollutants, in order to clean up a polluted site
  6. 7. a microorganism that causes disease
  7. 9. an outbreak of a disease that affects many people in an area
  8. 10. a rod-shaped bacterium
  9. 11. an organism that lives on or in a host and causes harm to the host
  10. 15. a round or spherical shaped bacterium
  11. 18. an agent, like a drug, that is destructive to or prevents the growth of microorganism
  12. 19. a substance introduced into the body to stimulate the production of chemicals that destroy specific viruses, bacteria, or other disease-causing organisms
  13. 20. a bacterium that has a spiral shape
  14. 22. a chemical that can kill bacteria without harming a person's cells
  15. 24. a simple cell in the body that is able to develop into any one of various kinds of cells
  16. 27. the study of microscopic organisms
  17. 29. eukaryotic organisms that have cell walls, use spores to reproduce, and are heterotrophs that feed by absorbing food