What argument supports the idea that viruses are alive ?

There is a debate if viruses are alive because a virus contains its own DNA.  However, most consider it to not be alive, since it cannot reproduce on its own.

the relative standard reduction potential of the half-cell in which reduction occurs; more positive than the other half-cell. reduction is a chemical process in which electrons are added to an atom or an ion; it always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent.

b. lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere   is the answer most likely