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