Bacteria and Viruses are NOT the same thing!!!!
So…how are the two different???
Bacteria are prokaryotes. What is a prokaryote? (p. 471)
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Prokaryotes, or bacteria, can be identified by three different characteristics. List the different characteristics: (p. 473)
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Draw the three shapes bacteria can be found in and label each drawing:

The two types of cell walls are Gram (+) and Gram (-). What is the difference?
Gram (+): ______________________________________________________________
Gram (-): ______________________________________________________________
Prokaryotes reproduce differently from eukaryotes (multi-cellular organisms). Explain the two types of reproduction done by prokaryotes, a.k.a. bacteria. (p. 476)
Binary fission: __________________________________________________________
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Conjugation: ___________________________________________________________
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What is a virus? (p. 482) Viruses are particles of ________________________________
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Are viruses living, or non-living? ________________________
Viruses come in MANY different shapes and sizes. One shape is the bacteriophage.
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect (p. 484) ________________________________.
Label the components of a bacteriophage below (p. 483)
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A bacteriophage infects a cell two different ways. In a lytic infection, a virus enters a cell, makes (p. 484) ____________ of itself, and causes the cell to ______________.
In a lysogenic cycle, a virus embeds its ______ into the ______ of the ________ cell and is ___________________ along with the host cell’s _____.
Explain the steps of the two infection processes.
Lytic infection: (p. 484)
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Lysogenic infection: (p. 484)
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