Question

The simple question of whether or not viruses are alive, has defied a simple answer because it raises the fundamental issue: What defines life?


a)Some scientists support the idea that viruses are alive because they contain a nucleic acid.

b)One key argument against viruses not being alive is that they do not have a cellular structure.

c)A virus can reproduce asexually via cell division.

d)Because viruses can spread disease from one organism to another, they are in fact reproducing.

e)Some scientists believe that a virus responds to its environment when it changes from a dormant to an active form.

f)Living in a host cell as a parasite qualifies an organism as alive.

THERE WILL BE MORE THAN ONE ANSWER!
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Answer 1

b and do is the answer