I believe you could use FIRE.
we consider an organism had metabolizing capability if it manage to absorb nutrients from substance, and secrete it.
Fire has similar feature with this (for example, if it got near woods, fire will consume the woods and got bigger from it, and secrete ash after it done)
If this is a true or false question, then it is true.
It is asexual reproduction.
These are all caused by viruses.
every cell in our body contains Dna