Virus Quiz

This protein shell enclosing the viral genome is called a ...

• Prophage

• Prion

• Capsid

• RNA

A ______ is an infectious particle consisting of a little more than genes packaged in a protein coat.

• Virus
• Phage
• Viral Envelope
• Capsid

What is a host range?

• It is the limited number of species whose cells can be infected by a particular virus.
• The virus that can infect bacteria
• A single virus particle which are very small.
• Changes in cell functions that can destroy a cell.

What cycle DIRECTLY leads to the destruction of the cell itself?

• Lysogenic Cycle
• Lytic Cycle

What happens in the lysogenic cycle?

• The virus injects the nucleic acid into the host cell and it gets integrates into the DNA of the host cell.
• It leads to the production of new phages.
• It results in the lysis of the host cell.
• It immediately starts to create new phages.