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WorksheetsZoonoses, RNA, and Viral Attack
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 19mins
A type of disease that can spread from animals to people.
nuclei
pathogen
protist
zoonose
How are zoonotic diseases transmitted to humans?
close contact with infected animals
eating infected meat
vectors like ticks and mosquitoes
all of these
The SARS-CoV-2 virus originated in this animal.
Scientists currently think that the virus originated...
in the wet market in Wuhan
from eating a soup with the infected animal
an animal exhibit at a zoo
they are not sure
Coronavirus can reproduce on its own.
true - it makes its own copies
true - it reproduces spontaneously
false - it hijacks a cell to make copies of itself
false - the virus does not need to reproduce
Coronavirus hijacks our cells and...
turns them into viruses
makes them copy/reproduce the virus
immediately kills the cells
"steals" our DNA
In more severe COVID-19 cases, the immune system can overreact, commonly attacking the __.
brain
heart
lungs
kidneys
After a ribosome reads RNA, what step happens next?
The transfer molecules bring amino acids to the ribosome.
The RNA reads the ribosome.
The protein is finished.
The RNA is translated into DNA.
What is the correct sequence?
RNA --> DNA --> protein
Protein --> RNA --> DNA
RNA --> amino acids --> protein
RNA --> Protein --> amino acids
Translate the following RNA sequence: GAU. Spelling counts! You can write the 3-letter abbreviation.
(a)
