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Bacteria and Viruses
basic facts for HS freshman
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The outer protien coat on a virus is called a | capid |
| Antibiotics can only treat ________________ | bacteria |
| Which is smaller: Bacteria or Viruses | viruses |
| Bacteria reproduce | asexually |
| In order to promote genetic diversity, bacteria will exchange DNA using a process called______________________. | conjugation |
| The three shapes viruses can take are cocci (round), bacilli (rod) or __________________ (spiral or corkscrew shaped). | spirilla (spiral_ |
| Viruses must have a specific surface ______________ that "unlocks the doors" to your cells. | antigen |
| I reproduce by integrating my DNA or RNA into the host cell and then hijacking it to make the cell produce more of me. What am I? | virus |
| I make people sick by producing toxins. Who am I? | bacteria |
| I make people sick by killing of their healthy cells and thereby disrupting their homeostasis. | virus |
| I am prokaryotic. | bacteria |
| Inside their protein coat, viruses only contain a small segment of ____________________ _____________, which in turn holds only a few (like 8 or less) genes. | nucleic acid |