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biology
module: Biodiversity
unit: Viruses
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instructional content:
4A Compare and contrast prokaryotic and
eukaryotic cells
4C Compare the structures of viruses
to cells, describe viral reproduction,
and describe the role of viruses in
causing diseases such as human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and
influenza
11A Describe the role of internal feedback
mechanisms in the maintenance of
homeostasis
+Viruses versus Cells
learning outcomes students will:
• Use all content and scientific process skills learned earlier
in the course
• Structure and shapes
• Viroids
• Prions
• List the differences between living cells and viruses
+Viral Structure and Reproduction
• Lytic cycle
• Lysogenic cycle
• Explain why viruses are not considered living things
• Describe the basic viral structure
• Differentiate between lytic and lysogenic viral
• Summarize the steps in viral reproduction
+Diseases Caused by Viruses
• Differentiate between a bacteriophage and prophage
• HIV
• Influenza
• Vaccines
• Describe how the HIV virus causes disease
• Name and describe two infectious viruses and the disease
they cause
• Differentiate between viroids and prions
• Describe how a vaccine can prevent some viral infections
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