Viruses do not contradict the idea that all living things are made of cells because:?

A. Viruses don't use energy and therefore aren't alive.

B. Viruses are made of cells.

C. Viruses aren't considered to be alive because they depend on a host cell for energy and reproduction.

D. Viruses are only part of a cell and anything less than an entire cell cannot be alive.

E. Viruses are too simple to be considered alive.

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C

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definitely C, but do take that with a grain of salt.

Kulin Kid, while I agree with why you decided to state D, the wording that "Viruses are part of a cell" seems to invalidate that answer.

You remember college classes, they always are trying to sneak little indiscrepancies in to trick you.

the reason i said take C with a grain of salt, is because viruses still follow the Central Dogma of Biology, which would suggest that they are in fact alive, but i suspect for ease of teaching and comprehending the material of lower level biology class, they are generally not considered to be.

Its seems they wait until half way through genetics class to tell you," oh yeah, by the way...viruses are alive", setting you up for Virology classes.