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Well, if you consider a cell a living organism, then yes. A virus is a living organism because, like cells, they usually regulate in your body. On a certain basis, viruses can be extremely harmful, causing sickness among its host. Otherwise, viruses are injected inside a host(viruses are already dead) to help prevent illness and create an immunity.
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Are viruses nonliving?
Active (non-killed) viruses are living organisms.
How do viruses and cellular organisms differ?
Viruses are not classified as living, while cellular organisms are. Viruses are essentially a protein case with mRNA inside. Cells are far more complicated.
Why viruses are difficult to classify as living organisms?
It is because viruses are not made up of cells
Viruses are living organisms?
viruses are not living organisms. They simply attach to a cell and when the cell reproduduces the virus is reproduced with the new cells.
What are the 2 microscopic organisms which cause disease?
viruses and bacteria
In what way is a virus like an organism?
There are many ways that viruses are NOT like living organisms. Viruses differ from living organisms in the following ways: • Viruses cannot reproduce without the help of a host cell • Viruses do not metabolize organic nutrients, but instead use ATP made by the host cell. • Viruses are not separated from their external environment by some sort of barrier like a cell wall or membrane. • Viruses contain either DNA or RNA but never both. A virus can also be like organisms in that they still consist of macromolecules like proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids just like organisms do.
Is it true that viruses have complex membranes that control what moves in and out of their cells?
Viruses do not have complex membranes like eukaryotic organisms have. Viruses also do not have cells, nor are they technically living organisms. There is no need for viruses to control the movement of material in and out of the viral particles.
Are viruses like parasites?
No; viruses are sub-Cellular 'virons', while parasites are frequently multi-cellular organisms.
Is it true that the only way in which viruses are like organisms is that they have a nucleus?
Since viruses are not living, they do not have any organelles like a nucleus. They do have RNA or DNA but neither is in a nucleus.
What is the largest cell number in viruses?
viruses are unicellular organisms
How could a multicellular organism use lysosomes as a defense against viruses like AIDS?
The multicellular organisms can use the lysosomes as a defense against viruses like AIDS by killing the viruses and bacteria that causes the opportunistic infections.
Are viruses nonliving?
Active (non-killed) viruses are living organisms.
How do viruses and cellular organisms differ?
Viruses are not classified as living, while cellular organisms are. Viruses are essentially a protein case with mRNA inside. Cells are far more complicated.
What are the differances viruses and bacteria?
viruses are non living and bacteria are living organisms
Why do you consider viruses as non living outside host?
Viruses either have a strand of DNA or RNA not both like living organisms. They need a host (you and me) in order to replicate.
Why do people call viruses micro organisms?
There is debate over whether a virus is a living organism or not. Like organisms it evolves, reproduces but a virus does not have its own metabolism.
Why scientist believe that virus are not living organisms?
viruses do not grow, and viruses do not respond to changes in their environment. Therefore, viruses are not living organisms. All living things reproduce, but Viruses need living cells to reproduce because Viruses cannot reproduce by themselves.
