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A virus can be considered a living organism because it

  1. responds to touch stimulus
  2. respires
  3. reproduces (inside the host)
  4. can cause disease

Correct answer: reproduces (inside the host)

Solution

Viruses are considered living by some definitions because they can make copies of themselves, but only inside a host cell. The other choices describe behaviors or effects that do not prove something is living.

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