1. Describe the lytic cycle of viral infection of bacteria.
[answer]
2. Describe the lysogenic cycle of viral infection of bacteria. [answer]
3. Describe characteristics of viruses that are not characteristic of
living organisms.. Describe characteristics of viruses that are also
characteristic of living organisms.. [answer]
4. Describe the structure of a virus. [answer]
5. What is the name given to a gene that causes cancer? Do viruses carry
these genes? [answer]
6. What kind of viruses frequently cause cancer in animals? [answer]
7. State the function of the spikes on the surface membrane that surrounds some
viruses. [answer]
8. What is a retrovirus? [answer]