Day 3 assessment Viruses

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

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

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Antibiotics kill viruses

• True
• False

What do viruses need to reproduce?

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

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

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

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

What part of the phage is the DNA?

• A
• B
• C
• D

What part of a virus is the protein capsule that houses the genetic material (DNA/RNA)?

• tail

• nucleus

• capsid

• glycoprotein