Viruses

The single deadliest entity on Earth is the ______________.

• bacteria

• bacteriophage

• antibiotic

The head of the bacteriophage sits on a long ____________.

• DNA

• tail fibers

• tail

There are more bacteriophages on Earth than any other organism combined

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

A vaccine triggers your body to produce _____________ which help fight infections.

• antibiotics

• antibodies

• antigens

Antibiotics only work against what organisms ?

• viruses

• bacteria

• prions

What disease was brought to the New World and killed over 3,000,000 Aztecs?

• smallpox

• influenza

• staph infection

Viruses can affect which types of organisms? SELECT ALL

• plants

• animals

• bacteria

• bricks

Influenza is caused by a ___________________.

• virus

• bacteria

• prion

When a virus enters a cell and it immediately makes copies of itself this is called _______________________________.

• remediation

• replica

• replication

If a virus only passes its genetic material to the cell without making copies of itself this means the virus is _____________.

• active

• latent

• sleeping