Q: Populations of viruses do not grow through cell division because they?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Populations of viruses do not grow through cell division because they are not cells. Instead, they use the machinery and metabolism of a host cell to produce new copies of themselves. After infecting a host cell, a virion uses the cell’s ribosomes, enzymes, ATP, and other components to replicate. Viruses vary in how they do this. For example:.

 Choices:

- Static

- Acidic

- non living

- are not cells


A:
are not cells