Life Unit 2

A virus that has its genetic material in the form of RNA

• viroid

• retrovirus

• virus

• bacterium

What triggers an immune response from your body and is composed of weakened or "dead" viruses?

• vaccine

• hepatitis

• antibiotic

• bacteriophage

How do viruses reproduce?

• invading a cell and using it to make new parts

• sexually

• asexually

• binary fission

What is one way viruses are NOT transmitted?

• through the air you breathe, food you eat, and water you drink

• insects and bodily fluids

• through your thoughts

• All answers are ways viruses are transmitted

When a virus invades a cell, its DNA often resembles its ___________.

• parent

• host

• offspring

• guest

Viruses are not considered living things because ...

• they don't have genetic material

• they can't reproduce

• they don't have proteins

• they aren't made of cells

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Which of the following are viral diseases? (Choose all that apply)

• mumps

• hepatitis

• strep

• the flu

• chicken pox

Which of the following are bacterial diseases? (Choose all that apply)

• the flu

• Tetanus

• measles

• Tuberculosis

• strep

Which of the following is a fungal disease? (Choose all that apply)

• yeast infeections

• hepatitis B

• athlete's foot

• ringworm

Which of the following are diseases caused by protists? (Choose all that apply)

• Tetanus

• Dysentery

• Athlete's Foot

• Malaria

• African Sleeping Sickness