Question

Defend it: viruses are not alive. Select the five correct statements. A. They don't make their own membranes. B. They have their own proteins. C. They have no metabolism outside the host cell. D. They don't move. E. They don't respond to their environment. F. They don't have cytoplasm or ribosomes. G. They have only one nucleic acid.

Answer 1

viruses are not alive because:

they do not make their own membranes.

they don't have cytoplasm or ribosomes.

they have only one nucliec acid.

they have no metabolism outside the cell.

they don't move.

Step-by-step explanation:

all these statements are true.