(Sweetened iced tea) is a solution in which solid sugar (the solute) is dissolved in cold liquid tea, which is mostly water (the solvent).
Exponential growth, because of the shape of the curve.
Nonliving characteristics include the fact that they are not cells, have no cytoplasm or cellular organelles, and carry out no metabolism on their own and therefore must replicate using the host cell's metabolic machinery. Viruses can infect animals, plants, and even other microorganisms.
Most likely the first one is going to happen if there's a mutation.