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Answer 1

Answer:

1. Non-living

2. Reproduce

3. Nucleic acid

4. RNA

5. Protein

6. Capsid

7. Burst

8. Lytic

9. Lysogenic

Explanation:

Viruses are set of organisms classified as NON-LIVING (1) because they do not exhibit the characteristics that living things exhibit. Viruses are incapable of REPRODUCING (2) on their own, and hence, need a living host to infect in order to replicate itself.

In the structural composition of a virus, it is made up of only one type of NUCLEIC ACID (3), which can either be DNA or RNA (4). The nucleic acid is surrounded by a PROTEIN (5) coat called CAPSID (6).

There are two ways a virus can infect its host. First, it can replicate itself causing the host cell to BURST (7) or lyse in a process called LYTIC CYCLE (8). Also, the virus can remain dormant in the host cell and continually replicate with the host cell in a process called LYSOGENIC CYCLE (9).