Viruses Review

How can you treat a virus?

• Antibiotics

• Antivirals

• Vaccines

Are viruses alive?

• yes

• no

What do all viruses have in common?

• Some genetic material (DNA or RNA)

• Cell membrane

• Cell wall

• Size

How do viruses make more of themselves?

• They find another virus to mate with

• Asexual reproduction

• Using a host cell

• Binary fission

What is cell lysis?

• Cells tell untruths

• Cells reproduce

• Cells explode

• Cells go to work

The lysogenic cycle is when

• viral genetic material becomes part of the cell DNA and is reproduced as though it is a normal part of the cell DNA

• the virus DNA or RNA is reproduced until the cell is full of viral genetic material and explodes

The lytic cycle is when

• viral genetic material becomes part of the cell DNA and is reproduced as though it is a normal part of the cell DNA

• the virus DNA or RNA is reproduced until the cell is full of viral genetic material and explodes

Vaccines contain

• antibiotics

• antivirals

• inactivated viruses

• poison

The largest known virus is named

• Pandoravirus

• Handavirus

• HIV

• Coronavirus

A bacteriophage is

• a kind of bacteria

• a book about bacteria

• a virus that infects bacteria

• a monster