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2078, the Earth was visited by the first delegation of aliens, to which you were assigned as a specialist in your field. Aliens think differently about life and ask you why you don't think viruses are alive. What will you mention in your explanation?

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They can't live without a host cell

They have RNA as a nucleic acid

They can infect organisms

They are very small

They have nothing but a shell and nucleic acid

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