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Virus Review #1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A(n) _____ is a virus that enters a bacterial cell.
a)
endospore
b)
decomposer
c)
plasmid
d)
bacteriophage
2.
What do viruses have in common with living cells? They both...
a)
store genetic information
b)
have chloroplasts
c)
use glucose for cellular respiration
d)
have endoplasmic reticulum
3.
Antibiotics kill viruses
a)
True
b)
False
4.
The lysing of a cell occurs in which phase?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
4
d)
5
5.
What part of the phage is the DNA?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
6.
What part of a virus is the protein capsule that houses the genetic material (DNA/RNA)?
a)
tail
b)
nucleus
c)
capsid
d)
glycoprotein
7.
Which viral life cycle allows viral genetic material to lay dormant while the host cell reproduces?
a)
lytic
b)
mitosis
c)
lysogenic
d)
S phase
8.

What helps prevent viral diseases?

a)
Vaccines
b)
Antibiotics
c)
Herbal tea
d)
Gene Therapy
9.
A pathogen.........
a)
makes proteins
b)
causes infection or disease
c)
is made of cells
d)
is a living thing
10.
Needs host cell to reproduce.
a)
Virus
b)
Bacteria
c)
Fungus
d)
Protozoan
11.

Which of the following would allow viruses to spread so quickly from country to country at times?

a)

Unclean water

b)

Air travel

c)

Lack of antibiotics

d)

Living on a farm

12.

What is a type of virus that contains RNA called?

a)

retrovirus

b)

reverse transcriptase

c)

bacteriophage

d)

viron

13.

Which of the following is NOT a vector of viral disease

a)

Air

b)

raccoon

c)

needles

d)

humans

14.

How does a retrovirus turn to RNA to DNA.

a)

reverse transcriptase

b)

polymerase

c)

RNA transcriptase

d)

DNA transcriptase

15.

What does X represent?

a)

Primary infection

b)

Secondary infection

c)

Primary response

d)

Secondary response

16.

What is rapidly emerging viral infection on at least two continents called?

a)

Epidemic

b)

Pandemic

c)

Apocalypse

d)

Eradication

17.
How do vaccines help to fight infection?
a)

the body creates antibodies

b)

the body creates antigens

c)

they directy attack the viral particles

18.
Has a cylindrical capsid. Ebola and rabies are examples
a)
Polyhedral virus
b)
Complex virus
c)
Enveloped virus
d)
Helical virus
19.

Where would the antigen be highest in the body between these three points?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

20.

Where would the antibody be the highest in the body.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C