Microbiology

Question 1

What is a carrier of genetic information

Answer 1

Virus

Question 2

What is a virus

Answer 2

is a carrier of genetic information

Question 3

What part of the virus protects its genetic material

Answer 3

Capsid

Question 4

What causes the polio disease

Answer 4

A virus

Question 5

What does the word lyse mean

Answer 5

Burst open

Question 6

Why do people often feel so tired when sick

Answer 6

Their cells are dying at a faster rate than normal and the body is rapidly trying to recompensate the old cells

Question 7

How does the Reverse Transcriptase Work

Answer 7

It is an enzeyme that retroviruses have thar reverses the cells normal process of transcribing DNA to RNA

Question 8

What is an enzeyme that retroviruses have thar reverses the cells normal process of transcribing DNA to RNA

Answer 8

Reverse Transcriptase

Question 9

Are bacteria able to come resistant to antibiotics

Answer 9

Yes

Question 10

Is COVID a virus or a bacterial infection

Answer 10

Virus

Question 11

What organelles are present in viruses

Answer 11

None, but they do have a nucleic acid core and a capsid