Berkeley City College Virus Bacteria and Living Species Questions

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Question 1: Rotten fruit tastes so bad you probably couldn’t choke it down if you had to.

a. What is making the fruit taste terrible?

b. Why is it doing that?

Question 2: Some people say that virus aren’t alive.

a. Why would they say that?

b. How do viruses reproduce themselves?

Question 3: Bacteria are very successful organisms.

a. Why are they so successful?

b. If they are everywhere, how come we don’t get bacterial infections constantly?

Question 4: California has many interesting ecosystems and endemic species.

a. What characteristics does California have that result in such diversity?

b. What are the major threats to California’s endemic plants and animals?

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Questions on Viruses and Bacteria
1.Rotten fruit tastes so bad you probably couldn’t choke it down if you had to.
(a) What is making the fruit taste terrible?
Rotten fruits are believed to have bad odour and taste. Biologically, this is caused by
bacterial infections that affects the fruit tissues, resulting to their death and as a result,
causing bad taste.
(b) Why is it doing that?
It has been since long studied the cause of this bad to the rotten fruits. It has been
studied that fruits are vulnerable to some bacteria which include; Bacillus, Clostridium and
Erwinia. However, other bacteria like Penicillium and Aspergillus would also serve as a
cause to this (Frank, et al, 2013)
2. Some people say that viruses aren’t alive.
(a) Why would they say that?
Viruses are sometimes argued to be non-living due to the fact that they lack proper
mechanisms that classifies things to be living. Firstly, since viruses were first introduced in
1898, clear methods of self-production have never been established. More of that viruses are
not recorded to undergo cell division as most living things would do. Rather, they interfere
with the host’s reproductive mechanisms and forces it to replicate its genetic code leading to
formation of a new ‘photocopy’. Therefore, this reason for insincerity for own replication in
viruses makes many believe viruses to be non-living (Frank et al, 2013).
(b). How do viruses reproduce themselves?
Since the first case of...


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