Viruses

Viruses - Most look like this http://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/infectious/virus-human.htm (click the next button on the bottom left of the page on this link) http://www.humicflu.com/how-viruses-work.html

HIV taking over a cell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iMARhjxXFA

Virus Practice Test: 1) What are some common sicknesses caused by viruses? 2) How much smaller are viruses compared to bacteria? 3) What does a virus consist of? 4) What are the phases of a virus infecting a cell? 5) What are the two ways a virus gets out of its host cell?

Answers: 1) AIDS, ebola, flu, herpes, hepatitis 2) A thousand times smaller 3) Nucleic acid, protein, and a lipid membrane 4) Adsorption, entry, replication, assembly, and release 5) Break open the host cell or pinch out from the cell membrane

Additional helpful sources: 1) http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0861813.html 2) http://vimeo.com/9828553 3)﻿http://www.ehow.com/how-does_5131952_virus-infect-cell.html

Work cited: All information came from the links posted above