VIRUS MORPHOLOGY
Which virus looks like a drinking straw?
a) influenza b) TMV
c) ebolavirus d) rabies
b) tobacco mosaic (TMV)
Which of these has a head and tail?
a) Pandoravirus b) ebolavirus
c) parvovirus d) bacteriophage
d) bacteriophage
Which of these parts is like a library?
a) nucleus b) Golgi body
c) ribosome d) mitochondria
a) nucleus
Which of these is NOT part of a phage?
a) head b) tail c) collar
d) spike e) sheath f) fiber
d) spike
Which of these has the smallest genome?
a) polio b) influenza
c) HIV d) bacteriophage
a) polio
Which virus is shaped like a bullet?
a) ebolavirus b) TMV
c) rabies d) polio
c) rabies
Which of these has a capsid shaped like a bow tie?
a) smallpox b) chickenpox
c) Pandoravirus d) measles
a) smallpox
Which of these parts is like a power station?
a) nucleus b) Golgi body
c) ribosome d) mitochondria
d) mitochondria
a) yes b) no
b) no
Which of these is not a part of an RNA genome?
a) IRES b) non-structural genes
c) polyA tail d) thymine
d) thymine (which is found only in DNA)
Which of these has very flat attachment proteins?
a) polio b) influenza
c) adenovirus d) coronavirus
a) polio
Which of these has a pear-shaped capsid?
a) smallpox b) HIV
c) measles d) bacteriophages
b) HIV
Which of these parts is most like a post office?
a) nucleus b) Golgi body
c) ribosome d) mitochondria
b) Golgi body
What do phages use to get through a bacteria's peptidoglycan "fence"?
a) lysozymes b) protein needle
c) tail fibers d) toxins
a) lysozymes
Which of these is not a part of an RNA genome?
a) IRES b) non-structural genes
c) polyA tail d) thymine
d) thymine (which is found only in DNA)
Which of these has the greatest number of spikes on its surface?
a) HIV b) coronavirus
c) adenovirus d) poliovirus
b) coronavirus
What do you call the tiny layer of protein right under the envelope?
a) matrix b) capsid
c) tegument d) nucleoprotein
a) matrix
What are microtubules most like?
a) boxes b) roads
c) vehicles d) tunnels
b) roads
Which of these diseases cannot be cured by phage therapy?
a) cholera b) yellow fever
c) black plague d) typhus
b) yellow fever (because it is caused by a virus, not a bacteria)
Which of these has its genome wrapped around protein (histone) spools?
a) coronavirus b) papilloma
c) parvo d) HIV
b) papilloma
Which of these is the smallest?
a) influenza b) polio
c) herpes d) papilloma
b) polio
Which of these has stolen MHC flags in its envelope?
a) influenza b) smallpox
c) HIV d) corona
c) HIV
Which organelle recycles parts, breaking them down into raw materials?
a) Golgi body b) lysosome
c) ribosome d) vesicles
Which of these can show you if phages are killing bacteria?
a) agglutination test b) plaque assay
c) x-ray crystallography d) PCR
b) plaque assays
Which of these genomes can be read by ribosomes?
a) double-stranded DNA b) RNA (+)
c) single-stranded DNA d) RNA (-)
b) RNA (+)