Viruses and Monerans: Viruses

The video explains the structure and function of viruses, focusing on the hereditary material responsible for virus replication and the protective protein coat that aids in cell entry. It also covers the body's immune response, highlighting how antibodies are produced to combat viral infections.

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