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