Genetic Engineering
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
g
n
A segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain (plural)
2.
a
d
i
n
Energy that travels in waves or particles
3.
v
v
a
l
A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
6.
i
s
n
c
e
A material's opposition to the flow of electric current
7.
r
i
n
s
Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle (plural)
9.
e
u
t
i
The sequence of events involved in the ___ development of a species or taxonomic group
10.
e
y
m
Any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific (plural)
12.
a
d
p
a
i
The responsive adjustment of a sense organ to varying conditions (plural)
13.
l
i
c
t
n
The process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division
15.
m
a
t
c
c
Any of the ___ of a plant or animal except the reproductive ___
16.
m
u
t
s
An organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration (plural)
17.
o
y
Conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
19.
e
d
e
The leaf of a conifer
20.
s
e
t
n
A message that is introduced or ___
22.
e
m
y
An animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge
23.
b
a
i
a
Tiny single-celled living things, some of which cause illness
24.
n
n
g
A general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity