Describe how viruses and prions can alter cell functions

Since viruses are nonliving, they will need a host in order to take over and spread. Thus, viruses need help in order to reproduce. However on the other hand, Prions are also NON-living but they do not reproduce, they are protein that are not folded properly and continue to create those badly folded proteins to alter the cell.

1. true.2. true.3. true.4. false.5. true.the concept of darwin's theory of evolution involves the idea that there are limited resources in a given living environment and that the organisms which live within have variations in their genetic make up due to random mating. the ones with beneficial genetic variations can express certain traits which give them an upper hand in surviving and reproducing in the said environment compared to ones who may have a more disadvantageous variation in traits. over time, the organisms with an upper hand will survive and reproduce more frequently and pass on their beneficial genes while the others die. the result is evolution, where we observe (usually, but not always) eventually, phenotypic distinct changes.