Quiz Viruses

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Viruses

 

 

True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
1.
Although viruses do not consist of cells, biologists consider them to be living because they are capable of reproduction.
2.
Wendell Stanley made the important discovery that viruses are not cellular.
3.
Viruses consist of RNA or DNA surrounded by a coat of protein.
4.
Prions are the smallest known particles that are able to replicate.
5.
A virus can only reproduce by controlling a cell.
6.
People can contract the influenza virus more than once because the virus tends to mutate rapidly, avoiding the actions of the immune system.
7.
Smallpox is caused by bacteria.
8.
Chickenpox and shingles are caused by the same virus.
9.
The viruses that have been linked to human cancers are usually transmitted through the air.
 

Completion
Complete each sentence or statement.
10.
The protein coat of a virus is called a(n) ____________________.

11.
Most viruses occur in the shape of a(n) ____________________ or a(n) ____________________.

12.
A virus that transcribes DNA from an RNA template is called a(n) ____________________.

13.
An enzyme called ____________________ manufactures DNA that is complementary to a virus’s RNA.

14.
____________________ are bacterial viruses with a polyhedral head and a helical tail.

15.
All viruses reproduce by taking over the reproductive machinery of a ____________________.

16.
Viruses that infect a host cell and have their nucleic acid replicated but do not harm the host cell are in a ____________________ cycle.

17.
A viral DNA molecule formed from an RNA virus is called a(n) ____________________.

18.
The virus that causes AIDS is called ____________________.

19.
Some viruses are thought to induce ____________________, a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell division.

20.
An example of an emerging virus is the  ____________________ virus.

 

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Pz Cell Reproduction

 

Cell Reproduction
The table below contains words that have been chopped in half. Find the pieces that fit together and write them in the answer area below. Define each unscrambled term.

 

sion riole he psis
omere dip uction fis
mei loid nuc anap
ogenesis ndle nesis somes
osis ll cent assor
prop oot ooge osis
cytok ids inesis gam
meta leus phase sex
atids nonhi nucle otype
hap mit tet otides
telo homol auto osomes
clea hase hist ones
lix ryote spi stones
syna spermat reprod sperm
kary xual rad ogous
vage ete proka phase
wa ryote hase ual
centr phase supe ase
onucleic chrom loid tment
deoxyrib inter rcoil euka

 

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Pz Celluar Respiration

 

Cellular Respiration
Unscramble and define the following words:

 

 

1) yoilgylssc ____________________________________
2) ofattmneirne ____________________________________
3) ieoirntprsa ____________________________________
4) tap ____________________________________
5) ethrotpheor ____________________________________
6) yogxne ____________________________________
7) staey ____________________________________
8) obrneacai ____________________________________
9) brcaeoi ____________________________________
10) vrcuyip ____________________________________
11) erdox ____________________________________
12) nahd ____________________________________
13) zeensym ____________________________________
14) accilt ____________________________________
15) lalhcoo ____________________________________
16) csoiekoliarl ____________________________________
17) tocdhinomria ____________________________________
18) icictr ____________________________________
19) hfad ____________________________________

 

 

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Ecology Puzzle

 

Ecology
Locate the terms in the word search puzzle & then define them.

 

 

A H A L H T T N C Y S H S J N
R Y F I A L R T D U P N Z E L
D G G D D D R O O V R M R K M
N W A Z I E I U P M O I J R G
U E X B S H D T K I T H S S L
T R W E I I U X R I C M X A Y
Z E D Y C O A B C E A A S V X
P T B E P H M Y J B T Z L A O
F A D T A I G A R V B N K N L
X W T R E L C B Z A L H I N E
X H E Y E F L T Z A U L M A N
J S G R A S S L A N D T T Z J
K E C I N A E C O G O L S B Z
T R G Q K D D Y U M X M B E E
N F A N S I K J W I J R N U A

 

 

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