Question

question 1
when a virus infects a host cell, it pushes its genetic material inside, where two pathways are then possible: the lytic cycle or the lysogenic cycle.
what happens during the lytic cycle of a viral infection?
the host cell begins to reproduce rapidly.
the virus hides in the host cells dna.
the host cell becomes a virus.
the virus uses the host cell to make new viral parts.

Explanation:

In the lytic cycle, the virus takes over the host cell's machinery. It uses the host cell's resources to synthesize new viral components (such as viral DNA/RNA and proteins). After these components are assembled into new viruses, the host cell is lysed (broken open), releasing the new viruses to infect other cells.

• The host cell does not begin to reproduce rapidly in the lytic cycle. The focus is on viral replication, not host - cell reproduction.
• The virus hiding in the host cell's DNA is characteristic of the lysogenic cycle, not the lytic cycle.
• The host cell does not become a virus. The virus uses the host cell to make new viral parts.

Answer:

The virus uses the host cell to make new viral parts.