Viruses Flashcards
Virus
A non living microscopic particle that replicates in a cell
Replication
Making copies of a virus inside a cell
Living cycle
Process for virus replication
Lysis
Rupture of a cell to release the virus
Spike proteins
Proteins on the outside of a virus
Host
Is an organism that the virus uses for recourses
Vector
An organism that transmits a virus
Polyhedral
Multiple sides
Helical
Cylinder
Complex
Robot
Spericle
Round
How do vaccines work
They are made form disabled versions of the virus used to prevent
What are the steps of the lyric cycle
A attach
I inject
R replicate
R release
How a virus is not a living thing
They cant reproduce they replicate, don’t have cells, don’t grow and mature, and they don’t use energy
Size of a virus compared to a cell and bacteria
Virus are the smallest, then bacteria, then cells are the biggest