Viruses

_____________ is a non-living particle that is made up of protein, nucleic acids and sometimes lipids:

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Protists

• Virus

A viruses genetic material is:

• DNA

• RNA

• DNA or RNA

• DNA and RNA

Viruses can only reproduce by:

• Mitosis

• Binary fision

• Infecting living cells

• They can't reproduce

Viruses ________________, that's how we know they are non living.

• Divide

• Crystallize

• Reproduce

• Infect cells

There is only one type of viruses.

• True

• False

What type of nucleic acid does the influenza virus has?

• RNA

• DNA

The scientist who inferred that viruses are non living is:

• Wendell Stanley

• Dimitri Ivanovski

• Martinus Beijerinck

• None of the above

What is a capsid?