Test 1

Question 0

Name 6 characteristics of a virus

Answer 0

Small
Can't generate ATP
Lacks enzymes
Lacks metabolic machinery of their own
Pathogenic
Crystalize

Question 1

Name 6 ways to classify a virus

Answer 1

Size
Shape
Structure
Type of nucleic acid contained in the capsid
Host affinities 
Inclusion bodies

Question 2

List in order the 5 steps of the lytic cycle

Answer 2

1. Adaptation
2. Penetration
3. Reproduction
4. Assembly
5. Release

Question 3

Name two things a virus is made of

Answer 3

A protein coat(capsid)

Nucleic acid core

Question 4

Antibody

Answer 4

Special protein that helps an antigen attach on the surface of a pathogen

Question 5

Antigen

Answer 5

A substance that binds specifically to a respective antibody

Question 6

Pathogenic

Answer 6

Disease causing microorganism

Question 7

Virulence

Answer 7

The amount of pathogenicity within a group or species of parasites

Question 8

Capsid

Answer 8

Protein shell of a virus

Question 9

Retrovirus

Answer 9

Family of viruses that replicate in a host cell through the process of reverse transcription

Question 10

Icosahedron

Answer 10

20 sided object

Question 11

Lytic cycle

Answer 11

Process of viral infection that results in the destruction of an infected cell

Question 12

Lysogenic cycle

Answer 12

Where the virus reproduces by injecting its genetic material into the host cells genetic instructions

Question 13

Prophage

Answer 13

A virus that exists in a bacterial cell and undergoes division with its host without destroying it

Question 14

Bacteriophage

Answer 14

A virus that infects and loses certain bacteria

Question 15

Vaccine

Answer 15

An injection of a weak form of a pathogen to create immunity

Question 16

Name 12 viruses that affect humans

Answer 16

Influenza
rhinovirus
hepatitis b virus
adenovirus
astrovirus
herpesvirus
measles virus
pox virus
mumps virus
rabies virus
poliovirus
enterovirus