If Your Physician Determines That You Are Ill Because of a Virus

question 28

Multiple Choice

If your physician determines that you are ill because of a virus infection,the virus is not yet considered an organism.Viruses don't have cell membranes,organelles,nor carry out vital life functions,though they do have a form of DNA (or similar RNA) .A researcher proposing to categorize viruses in the tree of life would need to

• A) remember that the scientific method will prevent any changes to the current taxonomy and tree of life.
• B) apply his/her proposal to any newly discovered virus, since others aren't currently considered organisms.
• C) propose that relationship to other organisms as a new hypothesis, and test viruses for shared life characteristics.
• D) establish any virus as a control group for experimentation with established domains of organisms.

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