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Virus Web Worksheet
Go to website http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/viralinfections.html How are viruses like
hijackers? _________________________________________________________________
Why are viruses hard to treat? _________________________________________________
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Go to http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-a-Virus.aspx How big is a virus?
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Why are viruses NOT alive? ___________________________________________________
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What happens when a virus particle attacks a cell? _________________________________
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What will the infected cell do? __________________________________________________
Go to website http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/STMV/ How do viruses reproduce?
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What happens to the host cell when a virus replicates inside it? _______________________
What do the newly made virus particles do? _______________________________________
What 2 components do all viruses contain? _______________________________________
What are the steps in the virus life cycle? _________________________________________
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Go to http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/alllife/virus.html What happens when a virus comes in
contact with a host cell? ______________________________________________________
What happens during the lysogenic phase? _______________________________________
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What happens in the lytic phase? _______________________________________________
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What are some diseases caused by a virus? ______________________________________
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Go to website: http://www.commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/ Click on "Information",
then click on “What is a microbe”? ______________________________________________
Click on “viruses”. Why is it debatable whether viruses are living organisms? _____________
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Why are most viruses known? _________________________________________________
