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    Viruses are not living and cannot reproduce on their own. They consist of nucleic acid surrounded by a protein capsid, and sometimes an envelope. Viruses infect cells and use the host's cellular machinery to replicate themselves. There are two main virus replication cycles: lytic, where the virus destroys the host cell to release new virus particles, and lysogenic, where the virus DNA lies dormant and integrates with the host DNA until induced to enter the lytic cycle. Common viruses include influenza, HIV, and herpes.

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    Viruses are not living and cannot reproduce on their own. They consist of nucleic acid surrounded by a protein capsid, and sometimes an envelope. Viruses infect cells and use the host's cellular machinery to replicate themselves. There are two main virus replication cycles: lytic, where the virus destroys the host cell to release new virus particles, and lysogenic, where the virus DNA lies dormant and integrates with the host DNA until induced to enter the lytic cycle. Common viruses include influenza, HIV, and herpes.

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    Viruses are not living and cannot reproduce on their own. They consist of nucleic acid surrounded by a protein capsid, and sometimes an envelope. Viruses infect cells and use the host's cellular machinery to replicate themselves. There are two main virus replication cycles: lytic, where the virus destroys the host cell to release new virus particles, and lysogenic, where the virus DNA lies dormant and integrates with the host DNA until induced to enter the lytic cycle. Common viruses include influenza, HIV, and herpes.

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    VIRUS WEB QUEST

    Name _______________________________ Date _________________ Period _______ Score ______

    Introduction: Viruses are both fascinating and a bit scary. This web study will give you a brief
    introduction to viruses in general and a particular virus that has been in the news throughout the spring
    and summer months. Explore, learn, enjoy!

    Part 1 Virus Introduction


    Go to http://www.biology4kids.com/files/micro_virus.html

    1. What can’t viruses do?

    a.

    b.

    c.

    2. What are the basic parts of a virus?


    a. Small piece of _________________________________________(never both). That strand of nucleic acid is
    considered the core of the virus.
    b. The second big part is a _______________________________ to protect the nucleic acid. That coat is
    called the _________________________. The capsid protects the core but also helps the virus infect
    new cells.
    c. Some viruses have another coat or shell called the _________________________. The envelope is made
    of lipids and proteins in the way a regular cell membrane is structured. The envelope can help
    a virus get into systems unnoticed and help them invade new host cells.

    3. What are the three basic structures of viruses?


    a.

    b.

    c.

    Go to http://library.thinkquest.org/13373/work/what.htm
    1. Who is credited with discovering the virus?

    2. Is a virus a living thing?

    1
    VIRUS WEB QUEST
    Name _______________________________ Date _________________ Period _______ Score ______

    3. Viruses are incredibly small. Why are we not able to see viruses with the compound light
    microscopes we use in the science lab?

    4. Click on Next
    Label the bacteriophage.

    Go to http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=virus

    1. Virus is derived from the Latin word for what?

    Go to http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/virus.html

    2. Currently, they are considered as _______________________________ because they are not made up of
    cells
    and they are not able to live independently.

    3. Viruses that attack bacteria are called _____________________________

    4. Viruses reproduce via the ___________________________________ or ___________________________cycle

    2
    VIRUS WEB QUEST
    Name _______________________________ Date _________________ Period _______ Score ______

    5. Go to the “livescience” link below. Then, record 5 “famous” or “common, well known” viruses
    in the chart below. Make sure to tell which organism is the host, the reproductive process/life
    cycle used (either lytic or lysogenic), and the level of danger (indicate if it is fatal or treatable

    http://www.livescience.com/topics/virus/

    Name of virus Host Cell – who it Lytic/Lysogenic (or Danger Level


    attacks both)

    Click here for answers to Lytic Cycle and Lysogenic Cycle Questions:

    http://www.brighthub.com/science/genetics/articles/30611.aspx

    The Lytic Cycle

    Click here for great diagram of Lytic Cycle:

    http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/cellular-microscopic/virus-
    human2.htm

    6. In a lytic infection, a virus will…

    Step1) It first _____________________ the cell DNA

    Step 2) Then, it makes _______________________ of itself

    Step 3) Then, it fills cell with 100-200 new ______________________ and liquid.

    Step 4) When it gets crowded, it releases ___________________ to break the _________ ___________ .

    Step 5) It then ______________________ out of the cell!

    3
    VIRUS WEB QUEST
    Name _______________________________ Date _________________ Period _______ Score ______
    The Lysogenic Cycle

    7. In a lysogenic infection, a virus will…

    Step 1) _______________ the host cell

    Step 2) The virus DNA is ________________ into host cell DNA.

    Step 3) The viral DNA then ________________ with the host cell’s DNA.

    Step 4) The host cell makes _________________ of the virus indefinitely

    Step 5) Some viruses will eventually switch to the ______________ cycle.

    Go to: http://archives.microbeworld.org/microbes/virus_bacterium.aspx
    1. Complete the following table comparing viruses and bacteria
    Characteristic Bacteria Virus
    Larger or smaller?

    More or less complex?

    Cell membrane and/or cell wall?

    DNA?

    Reproduce independently?

    Cause disease?

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