Intro to Viruses

Bacteriophages are and example of a 

• complex virus
• helical virus
• enveloped virus
• polyhedral virus

What do all viruses need to reproduce?

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

A(n) _____ is a virus that enters a bacterial cell.

• endospore
• decomposer
• plasmid
• bacteriophage

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-LS3-1

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

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

Antibiotics kill viruses

• True
• False

The reason that viruses are considered to be nonliving is because

• They are not cellular
• They cannot reproduce on their own
• They cannot make proteins
• all of the above

Viruses are cells. 

• True 
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Which of the following occurs right after a virus attaches to a host cell in the viral reproduction process?

• The host cell dies
• The virus dies
• The virus inserts its genetic information into the host cell
• copies of the virus are immediately released from the host

The genetic material of a virus is in the form of

• RNA
• DNA
• either RNA or DNA