Viruses and Monerans: Viruses

What is the role of the hereditary material inside a virus?

• To protect the virus from the immune system

• To destroy host cells

• To produce new viruses

• To help the virus attach to host cells

What is the function of the protein coat surrounding the virus's hereditary material?

• To help the virus move

• To attack host cells

• To enable the virus to replicate

• To protect the hereditary material

How do the proteins on the virus's exterior assist the virus?

• By destroying the host cell's DNA

• By enabling the virus to attach to and enter host cells

• By protecting the virus from the immune system

• By producing antibodies

What does the body do when it recognizes viral proteins as foreign?

• It ignores them

• It produces antibodies to fight them

• It helps the virus replicate

• It strengthens the virus's protein coat

What are antibodies?

• Viral hereditary material

• Proteins produced by viruses

• Proteins produced by the body in response to infections

• Cells that attack viruses