WorksheetsBiology Viruses and Bacteria
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
The chicken pox is spread via contact from person to person. In order to prevent getting the chicken pox, you can get a vaccination. Is chicken pox caused by a virus or a bacterium?
Bacterium
Virus
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
A virus is considered non-living because...
They do not have DNA
It does not have all the characteristics of life
They can't evolve
They make you sick
A virus needs a host cell in order to do which of the following?
Grow
Develop
Reproduce
Live
Which of the following can be used to prevent a viral infection?
Vaccine
Antibiotic
Probiotic
Anti-inflammatory
Which of the following statements is true?
All cells are prokaryotes
All eukaryotes have a nucleus
All viruses are prokaryotes
All viruses are living
Which of the following is able to carry out all life functions?
Viruses
Cells
Both cells and viruses
Neither cells or viruses
A _________ is a scientist who studies viruses.
virologist
biologist
botanist
chemist
A bacterium reproduces asexually by dividing to form two new bacterial cells. What is the name of the process by which bacteria reproduce?
meiosis
budding
binary fission
Which of the following is a risk of overusing antibiotics to treat infections>
Bacteria may become resistant to antibiotics.
Antibiotics increase the rate of infection.
Antibiotics cause other diseases to develop.
Virus that infects bacteria
Spirillium
Bacteriophage
Adenovirus
Which statement is true about viruses?
Viruses can eat and metabolize food.
Viruses can reproduce only using a host cell.
Viruses can reproduce on their own at any time.
Medicine used to fight bacterial infections
vaccines
antibiotics
fertilizers
Which of the following structures is found in bacteria but not in viruses?
Cell wall
Nucleus
Capsid
Envelope
