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WorksheetsQuizizz Virus
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Viruses are biologically considered
living.
nonliving.
dead
Which of these is true?
Viruses can live on their own.
Viruses are a type of cell.
Viruses need a host to survive.
Viruses spread disease through vaccines.
Viruses are ________ inside a protein shell.
antibodies
genomes (DNA or RNA)
vaccines
bacteria
True or False: All viruses look the same.
True
False
Would a doctor prescribe an antibiotic if you have a virus?
Yes — antibiotics prevent viruses from replicating, so they eventually die out.
Yes — antibiotics effectively target and kill viruses and bacteria.
No — most viruses are too powerful to be killed by an antibiotic.
No — antibiotics are designed to work on bacteria, not viruses.
Which of these is true about immunity?
Antibodies protect us from getting the exact same virus twice.
Some people get the same virus over and over again.
People can only get a virus if they have received the vaccine for it.
Most people do not ever get viruses.
What is the first step of a virus’s life cycle?
replicating
assembling
attaching to a host
entering a cell
When viruses replicate, they
inject their genetic material into a host cell.
become slow and inefficient.
cause their host cells to burst.
make copies of themselves.
________ are viruses that target bacteria.
Bacteriophages
Bactivaccines
Bacterial hosts
Bacteribodies
Thanks to vaccines, the ________ virus has been eradicated.
common cold
flu
chicken pox
smallpox
a virus is __________ a cell.
bigger than
smaller than
the same size as
another word for
Reasons that viruses are considered to be nonliving is because
They are not cellular
They cannot reproduce on their own
They cannot make proteins
all of the above
What do viruses need to reproduce?
they need genetic material
They need a host cell
They need bacteria
They need insulin
Viruses are cells.
True
False
Virus can't be killed, only destroyed or inactivated
TRUE
FALSE
We can't kill a virus because
they aren't alive
they are resistant
they live forever
they are invincible
Virus can infect
only plants
only animals
all living things
only humans
