VIRUSES lesson 1: Morphology and anatomy Quizellenj2021-10-01T23:31:57-04:00 Please sign up for the course before taking this quiz. 1. How many sides does an icosahedron have?1 60 16 24 20 12 2. Which one of these letters never appears in DNA or RNA?1 E G T C A U 3. Where did the name “Ebola” come from?1 a river in west Africa a country in Africa an African word for "virus" an African word for "sickness" 4. Which one of these atoms is NOT in an amino acid molecule?1 C B N O H 5. What does the Pandoravirus attack?1 humans ameba dogs bacteria paramecium 6. The only parts that ALL viruses have in common are: a capsid and a genome.1 True False 7. Which of the viruses attacks plants?1 adeno parvo Pandora TMV Ebola 8. What are proteins made of?1 long strings of glucose molecules muscle tissue amino acids A, T, C and G nucleic acids 9. Which of these viruses is the smallest?1 parvo Pandora rabies adeno 10. Where does a virus gets its lipid envelope (if it has one)?1 From other viruses. From the host cell it came out of. From lipid molecules floating in the environment. The virus manufactures it. 11. Which of these viruses looks like a bullet?1 Ebola TMV HIV rabies Pandora 12. What is a virus capsid made of?1 RNA DNA protein lipid glycoproteins 13. Sometimes you find tiny proteins inside a capsid, along with the genome of DNA or RNA.1 True False 14. Where do you find a virus’s matrix (if it has one)?1 right under the lipid envelope in the RNA or DNA on the outside of the lipid envelope inside the capsid 15. Why does a virus have spikes?1 To help them float in the air. To help them attach to cells. To identify its species. As a defense mechanism against other microbes. VIRUSES lesson 2: Size and prevalence Back to: VIRUSES lesson 1: Morphology and anatomy
