Download 1.3 Viruses are not alive but affect living things. Vocabulary Host cell

1.3 Viruses are not alive but affect living things.
Vocabulary
Host cell
Viruses share some
characteristics with
living things
Viruses multiply inside
living cells
Viruses may harm host
cells
The cells viruses infect to make copies of themselves
 Genetic material with a protein coat called a capsid
 Much smaller than bacteria
 Share some characteristics with living things (organized)
 Not considered living things because they cannot grow, respond or
reproduce without help from the host cell.
 Use host cells to make copies of themselves
 5 steps are attachment, injection, production, assembly, and release
 Once the virus has used the host cell to make copies of itself it often
destroys the host cell