Virus vocabulary

Question 1

Virus

Answer 1

A virus is a very simple organism made up of R.N.A .

Question 2

Capsid

Answer 2

Outer covering that contains D.N.A or R.N.A protects the D.N.A or R.N.A

Question 3

bacteriophage

Answer 3

Virus that invades bacteria and consists of a core on nucleic acid a capsid and a tail .

Question 4

Specificity

Answer 4

When viruses can only affect specific cells with protein receptors .

Question 5

Lytic infection

Answer 5

Process in which host cells is invaded lysed and destroyed by a virus .

Question 6

Lysogenic infection

Answer 6

Process in which viral D.N.A is inserted into the D.N.A of a host cell .

Question 7

Prophage

Answer 7

Viral D.N.A attachment to a bacterial chromosome .

Question 8

Retrovirus

Answer 8

Type of virus that contains R.N.A as the genetic information .

Question 9

Parasite

Answer 9

An organism that needs a host to survive .

Question 10

Host cell

Answer 10

A specific cell that is required by a virus to reproduce .

Question 11

Lyse

Answer 11

Breakdown of a cell that breaks apart and explodes