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VIRUSES. A very small living organism that enters a cell and makes copies of itself. An ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of a living host. Step 1. The Virus attaches itself to a host cell. Virus. CELL. Nucleus. Step 2.
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VIRUSES A very small living organism that enters a cell and makes copies of itself. An ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of a living host.
Step 1 • The Virus attaches itself to a host cell Virus CELL Nucleus
Step 2 • The Virus’s hereditary material enters the host cell Virus CELL Nucleus
Step 3 • The Hereditary Material of the Virus causes the cell to make more Virus CELL Nucleus
Step 4 • New Viruses form inside the host cell CELL Nucleus
Step 5 • The cell Bursts and is destroyed • New Virus cells are released
Step 6 • Repeat step 1 Virus CELL Nucleus