Across
- 2. An outbreak of disease that affects a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population: typhoid
- 4. Removing pollution from soil and water
- 9. Basic science that explores microscopic organisms including viruses, bacteria, protozoa, parasites, and some fungi and algae
- 10. An outbreak of disease that spreads through human populations across a large region, continent or even worldwide: smallpox, tuberculosis
- 11. The development of human __________ for the treatment of diabetes is one use of biotechnology
- 12. Medication for treating bacterial infections
- 13. Can be passed from one generation to another
- 15. Mechanism that spreads disease without getting itself sick: rat, tick, mosquito
Down
- 1. Controversial new area of biotechnology involving direct manipulation of an organism's genome
- 3. Very small organisms, usually consisting of one cell; found everywhere; tend to multiply very rapidly
- 5. Medicine, agriculture, genetics, and food science are all _______________ in biotechnology
- 6. Controversial new area of biotechnology that involves the process of producing similar populations of genetically identical individuals
- 7. Helps to prevent infection caused by a virus
- 8. Biotechnology helps to combat crime through ___________ testing
- 14. Biotechnology has raised many ___________ issues for an informed community to consider
- 15. Not considered to be alive; needs a host cell