nouns
Which system in our bodies defends us from infections?
Our immune system
What does CRISPR do to the gene?
It edits the gene
What is the adjective used for plants that can survive in extremely dry conditions ?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ crops
drought-resistant
Are the words 'genes' and 'jeans' pronouced in exactly the same way?
yes !
Which syllable is accentuated in the verb 'develop' ?
The second syllable
The singular form of the word 'bacteria' is ...
bacterium
What do Cas proteins do to DNA (like molecular scissors) ?
They chop up or cut out a segment of the DNA.
What does DNA stand for ?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ acid
deoxyribonucleic acid
The word 'virus' rhymes with 'genus'
No !
How is 'homology' pronounced?
hoMOlogy
What is the plural noun used to refer to agriculturally-grown plants ? In French we say 'cultures'
crops
In 2012, scientists worked out how to h.............. CRISPR to target DNA in any organism.
hijack
In the" lab, scientists design a _ _ _ _ _ RNA to match the gene they want to edit.
guide
The word 'protein' has just 2 syllables
yes
Which syllable is accentuated in the word 'organism' ?
The first syllable
CRISPR was originally found defending single-celled bacteria and a............... against invading viruses
archaea
Cas9 b........ to a short piece of custom DNA
binds
This technology raises many e................ questions.
ethical
The 'a' in 'nuclease' is pronounced the same way as in the word 'hat'.
No
Which syllable is accentuated in the word 'engineer' ?
The last syllable
What do the letters in CRISPR refer to?
clustered regularly interspaced short
palindromic repeats
The template DNA is a blueprint to guide the process to r........ a defective gene.
repair / rebuild
nonhomologous end joining is
prone to mistakes, but scientists created a perfected process. What is the name of this perfected process?
homology directed repair
All of the 'e's in the word 'repetitive' are pronounced in the same manner.
No
Which syllable is accentuated in the word 'palindromic'
palinDROmic