Viral Structure

Viruses are...

• prokaryotic
• eukaryotic
• non-living
• endospores

How does a virus cause a person to develop the common cold?

• invades the host cell to reproduce
• removes energy from the host cell
• produces toxins in the host cell
• protects the host cell from bacteria

One reason that viruses are considered to be nonliving is that they are not made of ______.

• protein
• viruses
• bacteria
• cells

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

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What part of the phage is the DNA?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Viruses are cells. 

• True 
• False

What part of the virus is number 3?

• Capsid

• DNA

• Projections

• Envelope

What is the purpose of projection on a virus

• As defense.

• They provide structural support.

• To allow the virus to move.

• To attach to the host cell.

Some viruses have envelopes made of cell membranes. Where did they get those membranes?

• It is coded in their DNA.
• From the host cell.
• From the protein capsid
• They make it during mitosis.