Zoonoses, RNA, and Viral Attack

A type of disease that can spread from animals to people.

• nuclei

• pathogen

• protist

• zoonose

How are zoonotic diseases transmitted to humans?

• close contact with infected animals

• eating infected meat

• vectors like ticks and mosquitoes

• all of these

The SARS-CoV-2 virus originated in this animal.

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Scientists currently think that the virus originated...

• in the wet market in Wuhan

• from eating a soup with the infected animal

• an animal exhibit at a zoo

• they are not sure

Coronavirus can reproduce on its own.

• true - it makes its own copies

• true - it reproduces spontaneously

• false - it hijacks a cell to make copies of itself

• false - the virus does not need to reproduce

Coronavirus hijacks our cells and...

• turns them into viruses

• makes them copy/reproduce the virus

• immediately kills the cells

• "steals" our DNA

In more severe COVID-19 cases, the immune system can overreact, commonly attacking the __.

• brain

• heart

• lungs

• kidneys

After a ribosome reads RNA, what step happens next?

• The transfer molecules bring amino acids to the ribosome.

• The RNA reads the ribosome.

• The protein is finished.

• The RNA is translated into DNA.

What is the correct sequence?

• RNA --> DNA --> protein

• Protein --> RNA --> DNA

• RNA --> amino acids --> protein

• RNA --> Protein --> amino acids

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

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