VIRUSES lesson 3: History of discovery Quiz

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  1. 1. Tobacco Mosaic Virus was the first virus to be imaged with an electron microscope.

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  2. 2. SARS. MERS and Covid-19 are all coronaviruses.

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  3. 3. PCR uses an enzyme called Taq polymerase. What is its unusal capability?

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  4. 4. Who made the classification system for viruses?

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  5. 5. The vaccinia virus is a very popular species for scientific research. From what original virus did it come?

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  6. 6. As far as we know, smallpox has been eliminated.

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  7. 7. What technique did Rosalind Franklin use to help Watson and Crick discover the structure of DNA?

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  8. 8. This tool provided the first step toward the discovery of viruses.

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  9. 9. Who developed a vaccine for rabies?

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  10. 10. What does “in vitro” mean?

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  11. 11. Which type of virus will grow in eggs?

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  12. 12. Who was the first person to isolate viruses using a Chamberland filter?

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  13. 13. Jonas Salk made a vaccine for what viral disease?

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  14. 14. For centuries, people had been using this procedure to prevent smallpox. Healthy people were exposed to small amounts of pus or scabs from someone with smallpox.

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  15. 15. What do you call something that transfers disease from one organism to another?

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