Claim: An individual virus docks on the surface of a cell, infects it, hijacks the cellular machinery inside, and replicates itself, sometimes thousands of times. Justification: Based on what you learned about size, scale, and the component parts of a virus, justify with scientific reasoning how a virus is able to accomplish this.

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Answer:

Virus is a ultramicroscopic pathogenic particle that consist of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) enclosed in a protein coat and reproduces by binary fission.

Explanation:

Virus is a ultramicroscopic pathogenic particle capable of passing through bacteriological filters;

- consist of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) enclosed in a protein coat

- capable of replicating within a living host only and spreading from cell to cell

- infects cells of bacteria, plants and animals

- hijack the metabolism of the infected cell, though they cannot carry out metabolism themselves.

- they reproduce by binary fission i.e without the formation of gametes