CHAPTER 5 VIRUSES CROSSWORD BY LINDSAY SCHUETTE

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Across
  1. 2. A nonliving infectious particle that is not made of cells and can only reproduce inside a host cell.
  2. 5. The protein shell that surrounds and protects a virus’s genetic material.
  3. 6. Range The specific types of cells or organisms that a virus can infect.
  4. 7. Acid The genetic material of a virus, which can be DNA or RNA, but never both.
  5. 9. Virus A virus capable of causing cancer in infected cells.
  6. 12. Intracellular Parasite An organism (like a virus) that must infect a host cell to replicate.
  7. 13. A lipid membrane surrounding some viruses that helps them attach to host cells; common in animal viruses.
  8. 15. A fully formed virus particle capable of infecting a host cell.
Down
  1. 1. A virus that infects bacteria, often containing double-stranded DNA.
  2. 3. An infectious protein particle that contains no nucleic acid and causes brain diseases.
  3. 4. Cycle A viral replication cycle in which the host cell is destroyed as new viruses are released.
  4. 8. Cycle A viral cycle where the virus remains dormant in the host cell without killing it.
  5. 10. Effects (CPEs) Visible damage or changes in host cells caused by viral infection.
  6. 11. The first step of viral infection where the virus attaches to the host cell.
  7. 14. A virus-like agent made of naked RNA that infects plants.