Name the virology term

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Protein coat wrapped around the nucleic acid core of a virus particle

   Item

   Capsid

2. Clue

   One protein subunit out of the many that build that outer coat

   Item

   Capsomere

3. Clue

   A complete virus particle in its infectious form outside any host cell

   Item

   Virion

4. Clue

   Phage DNA sitting inside a bacterial genome and copied along with it

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   Prophage

5. Clue

   Infectious particle made only of protein, carrying no DNA and no RNA

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   Prion

6. Clue

   Bare circular RNA that infects plants and manufactures no protein

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   Viroid

7. Clue

   Phospholipid layer taken from host membranes that wraps some virions

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   Envelope

8. Clue

   Long silent spell in nerve tissue broken by occasional skin lesions

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   Latency

9. Clue

   Weakening of a live virus in the laboratory during vaccine making

   Item

   Attenuation

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the square holding the term it describes.

Explanation