Honors Bio: Study Guide- Viruses

Stuff to Know:

o  Formal description/definition for viruses: “______”

o  Latin: ______- “a slimy liquid”

o  Differences between a living organism and a virus? ______

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o  Know what viruses are made of:

o  nucleic acids ( ______or ______)

o  capsids: made of ______

o  glycoproteins ( ______) Function? ______

o  envelopes (______) if lacking an enveloped, called “ ______”

o  What determines the shape of a virus? ______

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o  What are some common viral shapes? ______

o  Types of viruses and the diseases they cause:

o  papovaviruses (HPV)- ______

o  adenoviruses- ______

o  poxviruses- ______

o  cornaviruses- ______

o  orthomyxoviruses- ______

o  rhabdoviruses- ______

o  retroviruses (such as HIV) - ______

o  rhinoviruses- ______

o  parvoviruses- ______

o  What are some simple viruses and what are their effects?

o  Viroids: ______

o  Prions: ______

o  Scrapie (affects ______)

o  Kuru (affects ______) How does one get kuru? ______

o  BSE also known as: ______(affects ______)

o  What are bacteriophages? ______

o  Most common bacteriophage? ______What specific bacterium does it affect? ______

o  Methods of reproduction?

o  Lytic cycle (virulent: ______) - steps of this method of reproduction? ______

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o  Lysogenic cycle (temperate: ______)

- steps of this method of reproduction? ______

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o  What is a provirus? ______

o  What is the difference between an RNA virus and a DNA virus? ______

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o  What is reverse transcriptase? ______

o  What is a vector? ______

o  How can vectors be controlled? ______

o  What are viral emergent (emerging viral diseases)? ______

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o  What are some preventions and treatments for viral diseases? ______

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o  Infectious diseases (Be able to cite several examples, as per notes/video(s)/HW/labs.)

o  Examples…

§  Smallpox- effects? ______

§  Chickenpox/shingles-effects? ______

§  Hepatitis- effects? ______

§  Ebola-effects? ______

§  AIDS-effects? ______

·  What does AIDS stand for? ______

·  What does HIV stand for? ______

·  What bodily fluids transmit HIV? ______

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·  What “actions” spread HIV (what are the pathways?) ______

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o  What are some viral STDs? ______

o  What are some viral warfare agents (as discussed in class) ______

o  Be able to label the parts of a virus such as influenza or a bacteriophage.

o  Be able to label/describe the steps to each viral replication cycle.

o  Be able to answer critical thinking questions, if asked

o  Study, study, study!!