Daily TAKS Connection: Viruses

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Daily TAKS ConnectionViruses

• Objective 3
• BIO (4)The student knows that cells are the
  basic structures of all living things and have
  specialized parts that perform specific
  functions, and that viruses are different from
  cells and have different properties and
  functions. The student is expected to
• (C) Compare the structures and functions of
  viruses to cells and describe the role of viruses
  in causing diseases and conditions such as
  acquired immune deficiency syndrome, common
  colds, small pox, influenza, and warts

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Virus Model

• Construct a Virus using the templates given.
  Save the strip that has the title and objective
• Materials
• Template handout
• Scissors
• Pen
• Colored pencils/crayons
• Straw

• Sample of End Product

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Virus Notes

• Record the notes on the back of
• Your Title Strip

Viruses have Genetic Material (DNA or RNA)
Viruses must reproduce in a host cell
Antibiotics do not cure viral infections
Viruses attach to host cells via receptor sites
Adhere this Model of a Virus to a straw
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HIV
Infects the Helper T cells of the human immune
system
Individuals infected with the HIV have an
increased risk of dying from secondary
infections.
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