Virus and Bacteria Vocabulary Quiz
Quiz by Amber Townsend
High School - Biology
Science (2010) (Archived)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
Feel free to use or edit a copy
includes Teacher and Student dashboards
Track each student's skills and progress in your Mastery dashboards
With a free account, teachers can
- edit the questions
- save a copy for later
- start a class game
- automatically assign follow-up activities based on students’ scores
- assign as homework
- share a link with colleagues
- print as a bubble sheet
23 questions
Show answers
- Q1Non-livingAbiotic30sB.4.C: Viruses
- Q2livingBiotic30s
- Q3A disease causing agentPathogen30s
- Q4genetic materialDNA30s
- Q5Outer protein coat of a virusCapsid30s
- Q6cycle of viral infection; results in replication of virus and cell destructionlytic cycle30s
- Q7Blood cells that perform the function of destroying disease-causing microorganismswhite blood cells30s
- Q8a viral reproductive cycle in which the viral DNA is added to the host cell's DNA and is copied along with the host cell's DNAlysogenic cycle30s
- Q9A harmless variant or derivative of a pathogen that stimulates a host's immune system to mount defenses against the pathogenvaccine30s
- Q10Specialized proteins that aid in destroying infectious agentsAntibodies30s
- Q11virus that contains RNA as its genetic informationRetrovirus30s
- Q12process in which chemical energy is used to produce carbohydratesChemosynthesis30s
- Q13A unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus and membrane bound organellesProkaryote30s
- Q14A cell that contains a nucleus and membrane bound organellesEukaryote30s
- Q15threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genesChromosomes30s