Viruses and Bacteria Review
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- Q1A substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destroy viruses or bacteria is called a(n)antibioticendosporevaccinecytoplasm45s
- Q2What are the chemical factories in cells that produce proteins called?cell wallscytoplasmribosomesnuclei45s
- Q3What are organisms that live in or on a host organism and cause harm to the host called?bacteriaphagevirusflagellumparasites45s
- Q4Which of the following is not a characteristic of an active virus?destroys its host cellhas a protein coatuses energy to growmultiplies quickly45s
- Q5What is the best treatment for an unknown viral disease?antibioticvaccinebed restexercise45s
- Q6Which of the following statement about viruses is not true?Viruses can multiply only inside a living cell.Diseases caused by viruses can be cured by antibiotics.Viruses have genetic material (DNA).Virus particles are smaller than bacterial cells.45s
- Q7What must a virus do in order to multiply?remain hiddenmanufacture extra foodinvade a host cellconjugate with another virus45s
- Q8If you know that an organism is a prokaryote, you know thatthe organism is a heterotroph.its cell does not contain ribosomes.the organism cannot move on its own.its cell does not contain a nucleus.45s
- Q9Conjugation is a form ofasexual reproductionrepirationsexual reproductionproducing energy45s
- Q10What do some bacteria form to survive in unfavorable conditions?cytoplasmantibioticstoxinsendospores45s
- Q11What is the gel-like material inside the cell membrane of a bacterium called?nucleusprotein coatcytoplasmflagellum45s
- Q12Most bacteria are surrounded by a rigid protective structure called thecell wallcell membraneprotein coatflagellum45s
- Q13What is chemical that doctors prescribe to kill bacterial infections such as strep throat called?virusribosomevaccineantibiotic45s
- Q14What are bacteria that break down large chemicals in dead organisms into small chemicals called?proteinsribosomesautotrophsdecomposers45s
- Q15What is a whiplike structure that helps a bacteria cell move called?DNApiliflagellumplasmid45s
