Viruses

Which is not one of the 8 characteristics of all living things?

• Needs oxygen

• Grows and Develops

• Reproduces

• Made of Cells

Why do scientists classify viruses as non-living?

• They DO respond to a stimulus

• They need to use a host's metabolism, because they do not have their own energy

• They produce wastes

• They are really small

A strong structure that acts like a shield for the virus called the…?

• Cell Wall

• Cell Membrane

• Protein Coat(Capsid)

Antibiotics affect viruses

• True

• False

Viruses are...

• prokaryotic

• eukaryotic

• abiotic

• endospores

What do viruses have in common with living cells? They both...

• store genetic information
• have chloroplasts
• use glucose for cellular respiration
• have endoplasmic reticulum

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

What part of the phage is the DNA?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

How could you describe the size of a virus?

• Smaller than bacteria
• Larger than a parasite
• About the size of a dime
• Smaller than a proton

What part of the virus is number 1?

• Capsid
• DNA
• Surface Markers
• Envelope

What part of the virus is number 2?

• Capsid

• DNA

• Protein Surface Markers

• Envelope