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Viruses
By: Matt, Genzie, Lexie and Joe
Examples of
the Kingdom
Small Pox
Chicken Pox
Adaptations
 Viruses adapt to their hosts by evading
defense mechanisms and taking over the
cell’s metabolism for their own benefit.
 A virus can only attach to very few types
of cells.
 In other viruses the attachment protein is
in the capsid or in the envelope
Would You Consider your Kingdom
Complex or Simple?
 Viruses are complex organisms because it
can adapt to there host and come in a
variety of forms. Also they spread quickly
from host to host.
Interesting Facts
There are a million virus particles per
milliliter of seawater and if stretched from
end to end they would reach 200 million
light years into space.
The name virus came from the Latin word
meaning slimy liquid or poison.
 Viruses are not living. They are inanimate
complex organic matter.
• http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/
player/news/history-archaeologynews/swine-flu-overview-vin.html