CRISPR BIO

What is CRISPR?

• A form of Gene Editing

• Cas9

• A huge section of Mathematics

• A form of Nanomedicine

What does the acronym CRISPR stand for?

• Controlled Reservative Image Spectacle Palindromic Recounts

• Clustered Regularly-Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

CRISPR can edit DNA. What organisms naturally has CRISPR?

• Viruses

• Humans

• Plants

• Bacteria

What does the cas9 protein do?

• Binds to RNA

• Cut RNA

• Prevents viruses from entering bacteria

• Cut DNA

What is the role of the guide RNA?

• Recognizes PAM sequences and opens up the DNA

• makes a cut across both strands of the DNA

• ensures that the Cas9 enzyme cuts at the right point in the genome

• It helps the cell repair the DNA

The CRISPR system is easily accessible for everyone.

• True

• False

Which of the following can be edited using CRISPR?

• Plant DNA

• Human DNA

• Animal DNA

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

CRISPR-Cas9 is a type of ________ system found in bacteria.

• digestive

• endocrine

• circulatory

• immune

Scientists have adapted it to turn it into a biotechnology tool for _______ DNA.

• building

• editing

• destroying

• synthesizing

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The enzyme portion of this complex is called ________.

• CRISPR

• Replicase

• Lysozyme

• Cas9