Mad Science Vocabulary

to pass a disease from one person to another

• resistant

• prevalent

• contract

• transmit

to become infected with a disease

• contract

• transmit

• enzyme

• parasite

a plant or animal group whose members all have similar general features

• parasite

• genetic engineering

• species

• chromosome

not harmed or affected by something

• resistant

• prevalent

• genetically modified

• contract

a structure that exists in cells, often as one of a pair

• genetically modified

• parasite

• chromosome

• genetic engineering

a natural chemical produced by an animal and plant cells

• species

• transmit

• contract

• enzyme

a plant or animal that lives in or on another type of animal and feeds

• prevalent

• genetically modified

• genetic engineering

• parasite

very common in a particular place or among a particular group

• prevalent

• contract

• transmit

• chromosome

a plant or animal that has had its genetic structure changed

• species

• enzyme

• genetic engineering

• genetically modified

the practice or science of adding genes to a living thing

• chromosome

• genetically modified

• genetic engineering

• transmit