U2L5 Viruses

A nonliving particle of DNA covered with a layer of protein is a

• virus

• bacteria

• fungus

• parasite

What causes the common cold

• viruses

• bacteria

• fungi

• parasites

T or F: Viruses have a nucleus

• True

• Not true at all because they do not

T or F: Viruses can be seen with a microscope

• True, just pop in a slide and look for that bad boy

• False, scientists couldn't even prove viruses were real before electron microscopes

Pick the thing that viruses can't infect.

• humans

• animals

• bacteria

• rocks

A vaccine is a _____ form of a virus

• strong

• artificial

• magic

• weak

T or F: Vaccines help prevent you from catching certain types of viruses

• True, they give your body a chance to defend against the virus

• False, they are a form of government mind control

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

T or F: After you get chicken pox it is gone from your body

• True, I had it and now it's gone

• False, the virus remains in your body but usually doesn't make you sick

T or F: Viruses can't reproduce

• True, viruses need living cells to make copies of themselves

• False, of course they can reproduce look at Coronavirus

A host cell is a

• living cell that helps a virus multiply

• virus cell that reproduces

• living cell once the virus is gone

• room the warden sleeps in at a prison