you learned about using the characteristics of life to determine whether an organism is considered living. If you were aiming to persuade someone that viruses are living entities, which characteristic of life would you use as an argument for their vitality? Choose one:

a) Grow and develop
b) Made of cells/cellular levels of organization
c) Collect and use energy
d) Homeostasis/maintain internal environment
e) Can reproduce on their own

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