Which of the following is correctly explains why viruses are not classified with either prokaryotes and eukaryote organisms

they contain cells that have no life giving function

they have a cell wall and a cell membrane

they are not surrounded by a protein coat

they cannot reproduce outside a host cell

The correct answer is - They cannot reproduce outside a host cell

Viruses are connecting link between living and non-living things. They can be obtained in crystals which is a non-living property. Using energy of the host they can make their own copy. It is a living organism's property. Thus viruses are made of nucleoprotein which can reproduce using energy of the host because they lack their own energy producing system. Therefore, they cannot reproduce outside a host cell.

They cannot reproduce outside a host cell

Explanation:

The last one is the answer, since viruses have DNA but are not alive they cannot be classed as a prokaryotes or eukaryote. Instead they are classed by their shape, structure, and size.

hey, i believe your answer would be d. sugar ribose and the base uracil. i believe this is the answer, because rna consists of sugar ribose, adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil.

your first option is incorrect, because that's dna. where it consists of sugar deoxyribose, adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine.

your second option is also incorrect, this is because sugar deoxyribose is in dna, and uracil is in rna. these two do not make sense together.

your third option being incorrect, because sugar ribose is in rna, but not the base of thymine. rna consists of uracil, not thymine.

lastly your fourth option being correct! this answer is correct, because both sugar ribose, and the base uracil are in rna! ~

answer is d. sugar ribose and the base uracil.