Outside of Living Cells, Viruses Are

Question

Outside of living cells, viruses are
A)scavenging glucose.
B)slowly stockpiling ATP from the mitochondria.
C)using cilia to move to the next host.
D)metabolically inert.

Accepted Answer

Viruses are not living organisms and therefore do not carry out metabolic processes, such as scavenging glucose or producing ATP. They are considered metabolically inert outside of living cells.