Question

multiple choice question. viruses are best described as ____ rather than \dead.\ o alive o inactive o attenuated. need help? review these concept resources.

Explanation:

Viruses are acellular entities that lack many of the characteristics of living organisms such as the ability to carry out metabolic processes on their own. They are considered 'inactive' outside of a host cell and only become active when they infect a host and use the host - cell machinery for replication. They are not 'alive' in the traditional sense like cells or organisms, and 'attenuated' refers to a weakened form of a virus used in vaccines. So viruses are best described as inactive rather than dead.

Answer:

inactive