bio virus study guide

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What virus caused the pandemic of 1918?

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Influenza

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What is considered the greatest achievement in medical history?

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Finding vaccine for smallpox

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What do you call a virus that enters the lytic cycle?

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Viralant

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What kind of virus enters the lysogenic cycle?

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Temperate

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What are the two cycles viruses use to replicate?

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Lytic cycle and lysogenic cycle

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What are three characteristics that viruses do not share with living organisms?

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Can't move, replicate, and have no energy.

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Define a virus.

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A virus is a microscopic infectious agent that can only replicate inside the living cells of an organism.

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What is the lytic cycle?

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The lytic cycle is a viral replication process that results in the destruction of the host cell.

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What is the lysogenic cycle?

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The lysogenic cycle is a viral replication process where the virus integrates its genetic material into the host's DNA.

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What is a vaccine?

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A vaccine is a substance that stimulates the body's immune response against diseases.