Viruses and Vaccines

Is a virus considered living or non-living?

• Living
• Non-Living
• Neither

Can a virus change the normal activity of a cell?

• No
• Maybe
• Yes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

What is a host?

• Organism that lives on the cell and causes it harm 
• Something that causes harm to the cell 
• Cell that the virus invades and takes over

What is the first step of the virus reproduction cycle?

• The viruses genetic material (DNA) starts to take over the functions of the cell
• The host cell bursts open, releasing the new viruses
• The virus injects its genetic material into the cell
• A virus attaches to the surface of a host cell

Which is bigger, a bacteria or a virus?

• Bacteria
• Virus

What is the last step in the viral lytic cycle?

• A virus attaches to the surface of a host cell

• The proteins and genetic material start to assemble in the cell

• The host cell bursts open, releasing the new viruses

• The virus injects its genetic material into the cell

Where do viruses reproduce?

• Outside of a cell
• Inside of a cell
• They do not reproduce

Which of the following helps prevent the spread of viruses?

• Surgery

• Medication

• Vaccines

True or False
The flu is caused by a virus.

• true
• false

Antibiotics kill viruses

• True
• False