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Biology CP-Mr.Willets
Viruses- Pages 283-290

Pg 283- First section

1) A virus is either ________ or ________ encased in a ___________ coat called a ____________

2) In what ways are viruses not like cells - They have no _______________ , _______________,

_______________ or ______________ They do not reproduce using ____________ or _______________ nor can they carry out cellular _______________

They can reproduce by invading a _______________ and using that cell to make _________________

Pg 285-287 Classification

3) Viruses not classified using the standard taxonomic system because they are not _______________

4) The two basic types of viruses are __________viruses and __________viruses

Use the chart on the bottom of 284-285 to answer questions 7-9

5) Which kinds of DNA viruses might you have been infected with_______________________________

6) Which kinds of RNA viruses might you have been infected with?______________________________

7) What kind of virus is HIV? ________________

8) What enzyme do retroviruses have? _________________________

9) In normal cells, DNA makes __________ which then makes proteins. In retroviruses, RNA makes __________ (using the enzyme _______________________) The DNA then makes new ________ which make proteins that become part of the new __________.

10) What two disease causing particles are even simpler than viruses? ____________ and ___________

Page 288-289

11) What type of virus did scientists first study to learn about how viruses reproduce? __________________________. These viruses infect ____________________

12) The fundamental reproductive process of viruses is called the _______________ Cycle

13) The five phases of the lytic cycle are a) ______________________ the viruses attaches itself to the outside of the host cell. It attaches at a specific place called the _________________ site.

b) _____________________- the virus enters the host cell c) __________________ The virus takes control of the cell and makes new virus parts d) ___________________- the new virus parts are put together e) _____________ the new viruses leave the host cell. When they leave they break the cell apart- This is called _______________

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