Vocabulary
nonliving particle that invades cells
What is virus
when the host gets sick quickly
What is lytic cycle
Because viruses don't have cytoplasm or organelles, can't carry out cellular functions, and don't grow by dividing into two, they are NOT this...
What is alive
The body system that fights the pathogen
What is the immune system
organism the virus needs in order to reproduce
What is host
the flu or the common cold
What is influenza
Viruses perform this action at the end of the Lytic Cycle.
What is lysis (ruptures the host cell)?
Name something virus and cells both have
What is genetic material (DNA or RNA),
ability to make you sick, or
a protective layer on the outside of them
this will not treat a virus but will fight bacterial infections
what is an antibiotic
something that makes you sick
What is a pathogen
a virus that attacks bacteria
What is a bacteriophage
takes longer to see symptoms
What is lysogenic cycle
The size of a virus compared to a cell
What is the virus is smaller
something to do that helps reduce the spread of viruses on your hands
what is hand washing
weakened virus so organism can fight it off
What is a vaccine
HIV becomes this after it enters itself into the chromosome
What is AIDS
Viral DNA inserted into the host's genome or DNA.
What is a lysogenic cycle
Protein projections in the envelope/ capsid help new viruses recognize these
What is host cells
A symptom that shows an increase in temperature of the host
fever
the "keys" on a virus
what are surface membrane proteins (Projections)
RNA virus that reverse transcribes
What is retrovirus
cycle that HIV uses to infect the host
What is a lysogenic?
The part of the virus that unlocks the host cell
What is protein projections or surface projections
This is a solution that contains harmless version of a virus, bacterium, or toxin that causes an immune response when introduced to the body.
What is vaccine?