Question

According to the passage, the MOST IMPORTANT evidence supporting the opinion that viruses are not alive is that they

A) cause disease.
B) contain DNA or RNA.
C) are much smaller than bacteria.
D) do not have a cellular structure.

Answer 1

D) do not have a cellular structure.

Step-by-step explanation:

Viruses are known to be acellular as they do not have cellular structure. they do not have most of the cellular components i.e they dont have

Plasma membrane

ribosomes

although viruses consist of nucleic acids, proteins,lipids and carbohydrates but they dont have the ability to perform and function and divide unless they enter any other living host cell. viruses uses the machinery of the living host cell and without the cells viruses are unable to divide.