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''Viruses do not have their own metabolism, and require a host cell to make new products.''
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Viruses are not considered alive because they lack which of the following what?
metabolism
How does viral organism relate in terms of feeding?
Viruses do not feed, they have no metabolism.
You know viruses are not alive because?
Viruses do not have all the characteristics of life. They are missing life span, homeostasis, metabolism, growth and are not made of cells.
What viruses cannot?
They can not reproduce without a host as reproductive vector. They have no metabolism and do not preform cellular functions. Viruses are genetic material enclosed in a protein capsid.
What are the six traits of viruses?
Viruses have six traits that characterize them. They are: They can produce at a high rate, they can mutate, they are acellular, they have no metabolism, they either have DNA or RNA, and they are dependent on a host cell for replication.
Which characteristics do viruses possess in common with living cells?
They are self-replicating.They have their own genetic material.They show metabolism.
Can virus obtain and use energy?
No. Viruses do not have a metabolism. They rely on a host to do that.This is why they are not considered "living" creatures, but bacteria are.
What is the difference between reproduction cycles of viruses and reproduction cycles of living things?
Viruses don't have their own metabolism so they simply can't reproduce without a cell. That's why they are obligatory parasites. Living cells, on the other hand, can channel some of their metabolic energy to reproduce themselves, without having to take over something else's metabolism to do so, like viruses invariably have to.
How can viruses eat?
Viruses cannot eat because they lack the cellular machinery for metabolism. Instead, viruses hijack host cells and use their machinery to replicate themselves. This process often damages or destroys the host cell.
What are two reasons that viruses are considered non living?
Some argue that viruses are not living organisms because they can only replicate themselves by infecting a host cell and therefore cannot reproduce on their own. And also viruses do not metabolize on their own.
Why are viruses also classified as living?
Viruses are not typically considered to be organisms because they are incapable of "independent" or autonomous reproduction or metabolism. This controversy is problematic because some cellular organisms are also incapable of independent survival (but not of independent metabolism and procreation) and live as obligatory intracellular parasites. Although viruses have a few enzymes and molecules characteristic of living organisms, they have no metabolism of their own and cannot synthesize and organize the organic compounds that form them. Naturally, this rules out autonomous reproduction and they can only be passively replicated by the machinery of the host cell. In this sense they are similar to inanimate matter. While viruses sustain no independent metabolism, and thus are usually not accounted organisms, they do have their own genes and they do evolve by similar mechanisms by which organisms evolve.
Why do you say that viruses are not living things?
viruses dont have metabolism and dont interract with enviroment to obtains nutrients and water or other substances.Viruses multiplicate only in cells.For this reason theay are calld intracelular parasites.
