Bacteria vs. Viruses

What do viruses need to reproduce?

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

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

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Antibiotics kill viruses

• True
• False

Which viral life cycle allows viral genetic material to lay dormant while the host cell reproduces?

• lytic
• mitosis
• lysogenic
• S phase

Reasons that viruses are considered to be nonliving is because

• They are not cellular
• They cannot reproduce on their own
• They cannot make proteins
• all of the above

Viruses are...

• prokaryotic
• eukaryotic
• non-living
• endospores

Needs host cell to reproduce.

• Virus
• Bacteria
• Fungus
• Protozoan

What is a pathogen?

• Bacteria
• Virus
• Type of disease infection
• Protist

Viruses are _______.

• producers
• consumers
• parasites
• decomposers