Assignment Directions: Using your understanding of the defenses explored in the previous lesson, identify which defenses can easily apply to Internet contracts and how. Create a 500-word report. Assignment Guidelines: Your response must include the following elements: Identify defenses that demonstrate a knowledge of general law and understanding of the ease of its violation on the Internet. Identify the following defenses: fraud (the buyer or the seller is not who they claim to be or induced the other to part with their side of the negotiation) illegality (the laws of the seller are not violated but the laws of the buyer are, for example an account with an ISP or website for Internet gambling) impossibility of performance (the reason for the transaction no longer exists) mental disability or intoxication (the buyer or the seller is insane or otherwise not competent) age of minority (the buyer or the seller is not eighteen) impossibility of performance (the seller filed for bankruptcy)

Convincing.

Explanation:

The adjective compelling defines that which draws interest and attention, and that which is hard to argue with. This definition is similar to that of convincing - to be capable of causing someone to believe something is true or real.

The similarity lies in the hard-to-prove-wrong factor, given that the described object is believed to be true.

The correct answer is interferons.

Explanation:

Interferon refers to the proteins that come under the category of cytokines, which are used to signal cells to stimulate the protective mechanisms to eliminate pathogens. The interferons refer to the signaling proteins that are produced and discharged from the host cells as a protective mechanism to fight against the existence of viruses.  

A cell infected with a virus makes the cells situated adjacent to enhance the anti-viral mechanisms. The interferons are named so as they possess the tendency to interfere with the replication of viruses, thus, it helps in safeguarding cells from the infections caused by viruses.