Virus & Bacteria Quiz

What is a virus made of?

• Protein and Nucleus

• Protein and DNA/RNA

• cells

What do viruses need in order to reproduce?

• Living host cells

• Other viruses

• Nonliving cells

Where are the genetic instructions for making new copies of a virus located?

• In the virus’s protein coat

• In the mitochondria of the virus

• In the virus’s DNA or RNA

What bacteria live everywhere except harsh environments, so they live on your skin, intestines, and keyboard?

• Archaebacteria

• Eubacteria

What bacteria live in extreme environments - like on a volcano, in acid, in sewage?

• Archaebacteria

• Eubacteria

Which is smallest to BIGGEST? (small < big < bigger)

• animal cell < bacteria < virus

• bacteria <virus < animal cell

• virus < bacteria < animal cell

Viruses do not have cells and cannot grow. This makes a virus a ________________ _______________.

• Nonliving thing

• Living thing

Antibiotics work to protect against infections from __________________.

• bacteria

• viruses

• Both bacteria & viruses

Vaccines work to protect against infections from __________________.

• bacteria

• viruses

• Both bacteria & viruses

What is this?

• bacteria

• viruses

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2