Question

Which could be a reason viruses are considered nonliving things? Viruses come from cells. Viruses produce cells. Viruses are made of DNA and proteins, but not cells. Viruses attack cells and are dangerous to them.

Answer 1

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The reasons why the viruses are considered to be non living things are:

They contain DNA and proteins but they are not considered as cells this is because they do not perform any cellular machinery as they they do not have organelles.

They do need host to survive they cannot live independently in nature. They do not grow in size and cannot keep them in steady state.

They cannot perform metabolic reactions and cannot generate energy for the life processes.

Answer 2

Viruses are considered non-living because they do not have a biological machinery to replicate, and they do not have a metabolism.

They replicate by using the host cell

Virus do not consume energy to survive or regulate its own temperature