Question: Which statements about viruses are true?

Answer: -The capsid enters the host cell if the virus is enveloped

-A retrovirus contains RNA.

-HIV contains reverse transcrpitase

-Enveloped viruses bud from the host cell

Question: In the lysogenic cycle _____.

Answer: viral DNA is replicated along with host DNA

Question: The genetic material of HIV consists of _____.

Answer: single-strande RNA

Question: What is the function of reverse transcriptase?

Answer: it catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template.

Question: What is the source of a viral envelope?

Answer: host cell membrane