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