A2.3 Viruses
10 review questions with answers for A2.3 Viruses, marked HL. Read them here, or play the set as a class game on the projector. Free to host, and students join with a code.
General term for any non-cellular infectious agent made of nucleic acid in a protein coat?
- Envelope
- Capsid
- VirusRight answer
- Prophage
All 10 questions and answers
General term for any non-cellular infectious agent made of nucleic acid in a protein coat?
Answer: Virus
The protein shell that encloses the viral genome?
Answer: Capsid
Outer lipid layer found in some viruses, derived from the host cell membrane?
Answer: Envelope
Virus that specifically infects and replicates within bacteria?
Answer: Bacteriophage
Viral life cycle in which new virions are made and then released by bursting (lysing) the host cell?
Answer: Lytic Cycle
Life cycle where viral DNA integrates into the host genome and replicates silently?
Answer: Lysogenic Cycle
Integrated viral DNA within a bacterial host's genome?
Answer: Prophage
Enzyme used by retroviruses (like HIV) to turn RNA into DNA?
Answer: Reverse Transcriptase
Term for viruses, because they can only replicate inside a living host cell?
Answer: Obligate intracellular parasites
The two chemical components found in all viruses?
Answer: Nucleic acids and Proteins
Play it as a class game
Play this set opens it in splycr, where you can host it for your class straight away. Hosting needs no account: put the room code on the projector, and students join from a phone with the code and their first name. Each question plays as multiple choice, and the three wrong options are other answers from the same set.