Fact 1: Populations of viruses do not grow through cell division because they are not cells.

Fact 2: Prokaryotes multiply by simple cell division, forming clones or exact copies of themselves.

Given the two facts above, answer the question "What are viruses not?" with the following options: 
- self-copies
 - an object
 - HIV
 - humans
 - infectious
 - homogenous
 - dangerous
 - prokaryotes


 

        prokaryotes 