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Virus Review

Authored by Sarah Flinker

Biology

9th Grade

NGSS covered

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Why aren't viruses considered living things?

They aren't made of cells

They don't have DNA or RNA

They make us sick

They are made of protein

Answer explanation

VIruses are made of a protein capsule containing DNA or RNA.

All living things are made of cells.

2.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 4 pts

Match the following pictures to their names:

Flu virus

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Bacteriophage virus

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Prokaryotic Cell

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Eukaryotic Cell

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Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What do bacteriophages infect?

Plants

Bacteria

Animals

Humans

Answer explanation

VIruses are specialized for which cells they infect. The bacteriophages can only infect bacteria, so they can't make us sick!

4.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

Viruses can only reproduce with the help of a ​ (a)   cell. This is another reason that viruses are not considered ​ (b)   things.

host
living
dead

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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How can vaccines prevent people from getting sick if they aren't personally vaccinated?

Herd immunity

Immunosupression

Plasmolysis

Apoptosis

Answer explanation

In herd immunity, when a person is vaccinated they stop the spread of a virus to other people.

6.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 3 pts

Edward Jenner invented the first modern ​ (a)   in 1796. Vaccines are substances that stimulate the production of ​ (b)   and provide immunity against a ​ (c)   .

vaccine
antibodies
disease
cell

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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When a virus takes over a cell, it can cause the cell to create many more copies of the virus until the cell bursts open and releases them. What part of the virus's lifecycle is this?

Lytic

Lysogenic

Answer explanation

THe lysogenic cycle is a dormant cycle for the virus - it integrates its DNA into the cell but doesn't not activly take over.

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