Question

Viruses are parasitic, having DNA/RNA but they can be crystallised and lack respiration. Therefore, they are treated as

Options

• living beings

• non-living beings

• Both living and non-living beings

• None of the above

Answer 1

non-living beings

Explanation: Viruses are not considered "alive" because they lack many of the properties that scientists associate with living organisms. Primarily, they lack the ability to reproduce without the aid of a host cell and don't use the typical cell- division approach to replication.