Virus And Bacteria Quiz 5 (20 MCQs)

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1. Tooth decay is an infection that is MOST LIKELY caused by
2. What are disease causing agents like bacteria or viruses called?
3. Which is the correct order of the steps of the lytic cycle?
4. ..... is the domain of prokaryotes that can live in very harsh environments.
5. ..... are prokaryotic organisms that can live in extreme environments. They are chemically different from bacteria.
6. Different bacteria do different things, including
7. You have a cold, but your doctor will not give you an antibiotic, because
8. A pathogen normally found in an area would be considered .....
9. What happens to cells when their membranes break apart?
10. What 2 domains are the most closely related?
11. Which processes allows for the viruses DNA to lay "dormant" or hide in the host DNA while the cell reproduces?
12. This forms inside a bacteria cell and stores the genetic material, so that the cell can go dormant until conditions are favorable for it to thrive.
13. What shape is a bacteria with bacillus in the name?
14. What do doctors use to prime our immune systems to resist viruses?
15. A complex type of cell that has organelles. This is the type of cell that we are made of.
16. Eubacteria cell walls are made out of .....
17. What is the 1st step of virus infection?
18. Bacteria reproduce by a process called
19. What could the core of a virus contain?
20. Which scientist is responsible for the taxonomy and classification system that we use today?