Viruses Practice

 I am treated with antibiotics. Bacteria or Virus?

 Only vaccines can prevent me! Bacteria or Virus?

My genetic material is only in ONE Circular DNA. Bacteria or Virus?

I reproduce by hijacking HOST cells. Bacteria or Virus?

I am a LIVING organism: Bacteria or Virus?

I have no cells: Bacteria or Virus?

Some of my family members can be beneficial: Bacteria or Virus?

A pathogen is any kind of agent (virus, bacteria, fungus, parasite, etc.) that causes disease in the host it infects. The pathogen shown here is a virus that causes a respiratory disease. What type of symptoms do you think this person might show?

Answer explanation

Cold-like symptoms: cough, mucus, wheezing, etc.

A pathogen is any kind of agent (virus, bacteria, fungus, parasite, etc.) that causes disease in the host it infects. The pathogen shown here is a virus that attacks tissues in the ______ causing a respiratory disease.

Answer explanation

Cold-like symptoms: cough, mucus, wheezing, etc.

Attachment is the first step in a virus gaining access into a host cell. Explain how this attachment happens.

Answer explanation

A distinctively shaped viral envelope protein fits into a correspondingly shaped receptor protein on the host cell (think puzzle pieces).