Virus Quiz

TRUE or FALSE: Viruses can be killed with an antibiotic. 

• TRUE
• FALSE

What is a virus?

• a tiny packet of genetic material in a protein coat

• a cell with a flagella

• a cell with a nucleus

Compared to bacteria, viruses are much...

• smaller. 
• larger. 
• the same. 

Viruses multiply:

• By conjungation

• Only within a host cell

• By binary fission

• Both sexually and asexually

This is a killed or weakened virus that is injected into someone to create immunity to the disease

• Vaccine

• Porcine

• Mitochondria

• Lytic

This is a virus that attacks bacteria

• Rhinovirus

• HIV

• Yersinia pestis

• Bacteriophage

This type of virus that hides in the host cell for a long period of time before activating. This is a _____________________.

• active virus

• latent virus

• Bacteriophage

Which of the following is not caused by a virus?

• influenza

• chicken pox

• COVID-19

• acne

What does a virus need to reproduce?

• Toxins

• A host cell

• Enzymes to digest your cells

• A capsid

Is a vaccine a cure or a prevention?

• prevention, because you have to get it before you ever get sick

• cure, because you take it once you get sick and it kills the bacteria or virus.