“HIGH SCHOOL¨ELOY ALFARO”

Name: Saith Chicaiza

Course: Second “ F “
Date: Monday/ May /11,2020
Topic: How does soap inactivate coronaviruses?
Subtopic: Coronaviruses prevention
1) Look up an image and stick it or you can draw it:
WATER LAYERS PREVENTING

SURFACE VIRUS ALCOHOL

EVAPORATE SANITIZERS

INVESTIGATE DRY
Watch the video: how does soap inactivate coronaviruses? In the
following link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCk_pAgT6v8

2) Read and complete the spaces with the words from the table:

Washing – respiratory – properties – disrupt – soap – water – virus –

dry - sanitizers – preventing – layers – alcohol – evaporate
– investigate – surface

HOW DOES SOAP INACTIVATE CORONAVIRUSES?

SOAP INVESTIGATE PREVENTING

VIRUS

DRY

SURFACE

LAWYER
RESPIRATORY

WATER SANITIZERS

PROPERTIES
Hi, I'm Julie
ALCOHOL
from the

DISTRUP

EVAPORATE

WASHING
Exploratorium. You've probably heard that washing your hands with and water

is the most effective way of the spread of coronavirus. Now the question is, why

is soap so helpful? And the answer is due to the biology and the structure of the

itself. Now many viruses, including coronaviruses are surrounded by a

membrane And this membrane is exactly the same as the one that surrounds

our own cells. The membrane is made of molecules that have a really special

property. They have one side that I've represented in blue here that likes water,

it's a water-loving end, and then their other half of them dislikes water; it's a

water-hating end. It likes fats a little bit more. Now these molecules assemble

together so that they have actually two of them. One side lines up so the water's

facing on this end, and the other side lines up so the water's facing on that. And

basically, a ribbon of these surrounds the virus. Now the trick to inactivating this

virus is to disrupt the membrane. Soap molecules have very similar They have

one side that likes water, and another side that's attracted to fat. That's why

they're really helpful when you're washing your greasy dishes. If you can get a

soap molecule into the virus membrane, it'll the structure of the membrane and

that inactivates the virus. The other thing that soap is handy for is it can help us

the behavior of membranes. I have a tray of soapy water here, and a string that

I've threaded through two straws. If you want to try this at home, we have

instructions and a recipe for it on our website. You can see that when I pull up

the straws, that a film forms. This is a soap film. And this membrane has the

same behavior as the membrane around the virus. If I touch it with my hand,

you’ll see that it pops. And in fact, when the coronavirus is on a all it needs to

do is eventually dry out, and it will be inactivated. However, if I now wet my

finger, you’ll see that my wet finger does not disrupt the membrane. You've
probably heard that the virus travels in droplets. It needs these droplets of water

to keep its membranes intact. Another thing you've probably heard is that if you

don't have soap and available, hand that have 60% or more alcohol, are also

effective in inactivating the virus. I have some 70% rubbing here, and this time

I'm going to pull up my membrane, and I have my finger covered in the alcohol.

And the moment I touch the membrane, it pops. And so alcohol is another way

to inactivate the virus. Now alcohol tends to , and maybe that happens before

you've gotten it into all the crevices of your hands, so soap and water is really

the best choice. So keep your hands, and celebrates our hero: the soap

molecule.

Answer the following question with information from the

reading:
Why does soap is so effective when inactivating coronaviruses?

Because it contains disinfecting chemicals thus helping to fight bacteria, liquid

soap is like a grease which does not allow viruses and bacteria to attack the
body and eliminates them.