Virus Vocab

Question 1

Virus

Answer 1

Non living, microscopic particle that replicates in a cell

Question 2

Replication

Answer 2

Making copies of a virus inside a cell

Question 3

Lyric cycle

Answer 3

Process for virus replication

Question 4

Lysis

Answer 4

Rupture of the cell to release viruses

Question 5

Spike proteins

Answer 5

Proteins on the outside of a virus

Question 6

Host

Answer 6

An organism that the virus uses for resources

Question 7

Vector

Answer 7

An organism that transmits a virus

Question 8

Polyhedral

Answer 8

Multiple sides

Question 9

Complex

Answer 9

Bacteriophage

Question 10

Helical

Answer 10

Cylinder

Question 11

Spherical

Answer 11

Round

Question 12

How vaccines work

Answer 12

Made from a disabled version of the virus, and is injected into your body so it can fight it naturally, it takes about 2 weeks.

Question 13

Lytic cycle

Answer 13

Attach, inject, replicate, release

Question 14

How is a virus not a living thing?

Answer 14

They don’t grow and mature
The don’t reproduce (they replicate)
They don’t have cells or use energy

Question 15

The size of a virus compared to a cell and bacteria

Answer 15

A virus is the smallest, bacteria is bigger than a virus, and a cell is the biggest, a LOT bigger than the rest.