Minerals Are Made of Rocks

question 69

True/False

Minerals are made of rocks.

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Definitions:

Virulent Phage

A type of bacteriophage or virus that reproduces only by a lytic cycle, leading to the destruction of the host bacterial cell.

Prions

Infectious agents composed of protein in a misfolded form, causing neurodegenerative diseases.

Virions

Complete virus particles that consist of an RNA or DNA core with a protein coat sometimes with external envelopes and that are the extracellular infective form of a virus.

DNA Polymerase

An enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of new DNA strands from nucleotide precursors, essential for DNA replication and repair processes.