Viruses

What part of the phage is the DNA?

• A
• B
• C
• D

True or False
The flu is caused by a virus.

• true
• false

How does a virus cause a person to develop the common cold?

• invades the host cell to reproduce
• removes energy from the host cell
• produces toxins in the host cell
• protects the host cell from bacteria

Antibiotics kill viruses

• True
• False

A(n) _____ is a virus that enters a bacterial cell.

• endospore
• decomposer
• plasmid
• bacteriophage

When a virus invades a living cell, its _______
takes over the cell's functions.

• outer coat
• genetic material
• core
• cytoplasm

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which of these is a plant virus?

• tobacco mosaic virus
• bacteriophage
• influenza
• polio

What do viruses need to reproduce?

• they need genetic material
• They need a host cell
• They need  bacteria
• They need insulin

Needs host cell to reproduce.

• Virus
• Bacteria
• Fungus
• Protozoan

Viruses can reproduce on their own

• False
• True