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Korvikt [17]
3 years ago
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Are viruses alive? This question is debated among scientists throughout the world. Scientific researchers discovered agents that

behaved like bacteria, causing diseases such as rabies and hoof-and-mouth, but were much smaller. At this time it became the general view that viruses were biologically "alive." This perception changed in 1935 when the tobacco mosaic virus was crystallized, and scientists demonstrated that the particles lacked any mechanisms necessary for metabolic function. It was determined that viruses consisted of a nucleic acid, DNA or RNA, surrounded by a protein shell. The scientific view changed: Viruses are complex biochemical mechanisms but are not alive. Viruses exist in two distinct states. When not in contact with a host cell, the virus remains entirely dormant. During this time there are no biological activities occurring and the virus is nothing more than a static organic particle. In this simple, clearly non-living state viruses can remain for extended periods of time, waiting to come into contact with the appropriate host. When the virus comes into contact with the appropriate host, it becomes active, reacts to its environment and/or host and directs its efforts toward self-replication. The viral goal now is to produce more viruses to attack host cells. Which of these choices provides a direct refutation of an argument found in this passage, that viruses are NOT living organisms? A) Since living things reproduce, and viruses reproduce, they must be alive. B) Many bacteria become spores, highly protected inanimate forms, during times of stress. C) A baby can't survive without help, just like a virus needs a host in order to reproduce. D) Before changing into a butterfly, caterpillars go through a cocoon stage where they appear dormant.
Biology
2 answers:
mrs_skeptik [129]3 years ago
4 0
Viruses are alive they can live and can be destroyed
kipiarov [429]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

The best answer from the choices given to the question: Which of these choices provides a direct refutation of an argument found in this passage, that viruses are NOT living organisms, would be: B: Many bacteria become spores, highly inanimate forms, during times of stress.

Explanation:

The reason for this is that the main point of the exerpt is that viruses cannot be considered alive given that they remain completely static and unchanging, without any kind of metabolic activity, unless they become activated by coming into contact with a live host. However, the excerpt also speaks about bacteria, and actually compares them to viruses, to establish whether viruses can be considered living organisms or not. The B option is a direct refutation because it opens up the fact that bacteria, which are unarguably considered alive, also become inanimate when they are placed under duress and thus assume the form of spores. Thus, if bacteria under spore form are considered still alive, then viruses, even in inactive form, must be considered alive as well.

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