True or False:One reason viruses are considered NONLIVING is due to their reproductive cycle. In other words, viruses need a living hosts cell to reproduce since they cannot reproduce on their own.

VIRUSES

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True or False:One reason viruses are considered NONLIVING is due to their reproductive cycle. In other words, viruses need a living host’s cell to reproduce since they cannot reproduce on their own.

A	True
B	False
C	Either A or B
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -A virus is a tiny, infectious particle that can reproduce only by infecting a host cell. Viruses “commandeer” the host cell and use its resources to make more viruses, basically reprogramming it to become a virus factory. Because they can’t reproduce by themselves (without a host), viruses are not considered living.

Detailed explanation-2: -Viruses are not made out of cells, they can’t keep themselves in a stable state, they don’t grow, and they can’t make their own energy. Even though they definitely replicate and adapt to their environment, viruses are more like androids than real living organisms.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following statements about viruses is FALSE?-Viruses contain DNA or RNA but never both.

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NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

VIRUSES