Viruses vocabulary

Segments of nucleic acids contained in a protein coat are called_________.

• pathogens
• capsids
• viruses
• lytic cycles

Microorganisms or infectious agents that cause disease are called __________.

• pathogens
• capsids
• viruses
• proviruses

The protein coat that surrounds either RNA or DNA is called a ___________.

• pathogen
• capsid
• virus
• provirus

The ______________ is the cycle of viral infection, replication, and cell destruction. 

• pathogenic cycle
• lytic cycle
• lysogenic cycle
• viral cycle

Microscopic, nucleic acid-containing particles that invade cells of organisms in order to reproduce, and often destroy the cells in the process, are called _______________.

• pathogens
• capsids
• viruses
• proviruses

The viral genetic material replicates without destroying the host cell during the ________.

• pathogenic cycle
• lytic cycle
• lysogenic cycle
• viral cycle

Viral genetic material that has infected a host cell and is replicated is called a ________.

• pathogen
• capsid
• virus
• provirus