Virus

Question 1

A virus with RNA as it’s genetic material

Answer 1

Retrovirus

Question 2

The cycle of viral reproduction which causes the host cell to burst open

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Lytic

Question 3

The protein case which encases the genetic material of a virus

Answer 3

Capsid

Question 4

The stage in the lytic cycle where the viral parts are put together into functioning viruses

Answer 4

Assembly

Question 5

A virus which no longer contains its genetic material

Answer 5

Ghost

Question 6

A bacteriophage can be divided into two separate regions

Answer 6

The Head and the Tail

Question 7

An injection given to produce immunity to a viral disease

Answer 7

A vaccine

Question 8

Double stranded genetic material which is contained in some viruses

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DNA

Question 9

The act of a virus bursting open a host cell

Answer 9

Lysis

Question 10

This virus causes genital warts which are linked to cervical cancers

Answer 10

HPV

Question 11

Small, monkey, chicken and cow ____

Answer 11

Pox

Question 12

A host cell that has viral genetic material incorporated with its DNA

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Prophage

Question 13

This virus attacks the nervous system and was eradicated by the Salk vaccine

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Polio

Question 14

The stage in the lytic cycle where the viral DNA enters the host cell

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Infection

Question 15

A piece of RNA, without a capsid, which can cause disease

Answer 15

Viroid

Question 16

The step in the lytic cycle where many copies of the viral genome are made

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Replication

Question 17

The pathway where a virus lies dormant for a period of time within a cell before beginning its reproductive cycle

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Lysogenic

Question 18

The stage in the lytic cycle where viral parts are made

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Synthesis

Question 19

Several strains of virus which attack cells of the liver

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Hepatitis

Question 20

Because viruses do not require energy and cannot reproduce in their own they are not considered _____

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Alive/ living

Question 21

A virus which attacks bacteria

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Bacteriophage

Question 22

This virus causes its host to become aggressive and produce excess saliva

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Rabies

Question 23

The capsid of a virus is made of this

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Protein

Question 24

This virus can cause sores on the lips or genitals depending on the strain

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Herpes

Question 25

A protein (by itself) which can cause disease similar to a virus

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A prion

Question 26

The Epstein-Barr virus causes this disease

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Mono

Question 27

This virus infects the helper T cells of the human immune system

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HIV

Question 28

In Latin, virus means what?

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Poison

Question 29

Attach to a particular host

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Receptors

Question 30

Holds tail fibres and contains enzymes to digest holes in a bacteria wall

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Base plate

Question 31

Attaches virus to bacterial cell wall

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Tail fiber

Question 32

The virus “recognizes” the shape of this receptor and attaches its own receptor to it, in a _________________ fashion

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Lock and Key

Question 33

When the cell has attached, the animal cell is “fooled” into engulfing the virus using a process of ________________

Answer 33

Phagocytosis