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