Are viruses considered to be life forms?

Some plants rely on the wind to reproduce an example is it’s important for plants to use the forces of nature to reproduce because 1. 1a white tuft of dandelion seeds 2a spiked burrs surrounding seeds 3a hard shell on a walnut? 2. 1b require pollination to reproduce 2b reproduce only asexually 3b cannot move about freely?

How are gross production and net production different? a. net production is always greater than gross production. b. net production is always less than gross production. only animals have net production. d. only plants have net production. select the best answer from the choices provided

In the sentence "a mining company will consider the distribution of coal when deciding how to mine the coal," what does the word distribution mean?