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Chapter 18 Viruses (18.1 + 18.2)-By: Bethany Nestor

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are Viroids?

a)

Infect Plants

b)

Single stranded RNA-no protein coat

c)

Passed through seeds or pollen

d)

All of the Above

2.

What are Prions?

a)

Infect only some plants

b)

Cause Plant DNA to fold incorrectly and work improperly

c)

Cause proteins to fold incorrectly and work improperly

d)

None of the above

3.

What is a Virus?

a)

An infected particle that is made in animals

b)

A single viral particle, is made of genetic material surrounded by a protein shell known as a capsid

c)

Ew, just ew

d)

An infected particle that is made only of a strand of DNA or RNA with a coat of protein around it

4.

Describe the structure of a virion

a)

A set of genes

b)

Another name for a virus

c)

An infected particle made of DNA or RNA

d)

A single particle made of genetic material surrounded by a protein shell known as a capsid

5.

Explain why each type of virus can only infect certain hosts

a)

Viruses identify their hosts by fitting the virus' surface proteins into the hosts receptor molecules on its surface!

b)

Virus' are picky

c)

It's a mystery

d)

Because virus' must be with hosts that are similar in their virus

6.

Describe how the lysogenic infection is different between the lytic infection cycle?

a)

In the lysogenic cycle, bacteriophage and host DNA combine, but in the lytic cycle, the virus bursts the host so that it can spread.

b)

The lytic cycle is for prokaryotic cells and the lysogenic cycle is for eukaryotic cells.

c)

Neither

d)

Why does it matter anyway?

7.

What is a Prophage?

a)

A virus that is bigger and travels through the body slower.

b)

A group a cells kept together by a strand of DNA

c)

A set of genes, and the phage DNA enters into the DNA of the host cell

d)

All of the above