Question

Select all the facts that support the concept that viruses are nonliving agents. viruses can direct life processes within a cell viruses are not able to reproduce outside of a host cell have dna or rna, not both are unable carry out metabolic processes to generate atp viruses do not have a cellular structure viruses have genetic material that determines their traits viruses can reproduce provided they have a host cell viruses can evolve

Answer 1

The correct answer will be options-

1. are not able to reproduce outside of a host cell

2. are unable carry out metabolic processes to generate ATP.

3. viruses do not have a cellular structure

Step-by-step explanation:

Viruses are the microscopic infectious agents which affect the organism. A Virus particle is made up of protein capsid surrounding genetic material which could be either DNA or RNA.

Viruses lack fundamental characteristics of a living organism like they lack cellular organelles due to which they are unable to perform metabolic process like the generation of energy, ability to replicate and even they cannot reproduce without a host cell.

Thus, the selected options are the correct options.

Answer 2

These are the statements that apply;

viruses are not able to reproduce outside of a host cell

have DNA or RNA, not both are unable carry out metabolic processes to generate ATP viruses do not have a cellular structure
Viruses, though, have some living characteristics such as; they mutate and reproduce (rather inside the host cell)