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Viruses are living things, but very strange: they barely make the list of life.
1. Viruses do not eat or give off waste.
2. Viruses do not grow.
3. Viruses cannot reproduce on their own: they have to hijack cells since they don't have the equipment themselves.
4. Viruses are a whole lot smaller than even bacteria: an influenza virus is ten times shorter than a Strepoccocus bacterium that causes strep throat.
What else can I help you with?
How are viruses like non living things?
Viruses are not alive. They are infectious particles. They hijack a living cell's DNA and force it to make viruses parts instead of living cell parts. The cell is made to assemble to parts and the new viruses bust out of the cell, killing it, and infect more cells.
What are the living things which can cause disease?
All things that can cause disease are microscopic: viruses, bacteria, and certain protists like amoebas.
Which non living thing have characters of living thing?
The characteristics are:-Locomotion like in carsMovement like in machinesEnergy production like in bulbsArtificial intelligence like computers
Do all living things have cells?
No, not all living things have cells. While all living things are made up of cells, some organisms like viruses are considered living but do not have cells. Instead, viruses are composed of genetic material (DNA or RNA) enclosed in a protein coat.
Do turkey's have cells?
Yes, turkeys (not turkey's) have cells, as do all living things except for strange bodies like viruses.
Why do people tend to call viruses micro-organisms?
Most people think of viruses as microorganisms because they are very small and, like all living things, contain genes.
Do some non living things have characteristics of living things?
Yes, some non-living things, like viruses, exhibit characteristics of living things such as replication and evolution. However, they are considered non-living because they cannot carry out these processes on their own and require a host cell to reproduce.
Why are scientist reluctant to classify viruses as living things?
Viruses do not behave like other living cells. For one, they can only reproduce within other organisms. And essentially that is about all they do. Granted there are negative reprocussions for the host organism, but the virus itself simply multiplies. Viruses are also smaller than cells and can use even simple bacteria as a host. They are considered to be more like "free floating chemical agents."
Are bacteria and viruses living things?
Virioids and Viruses are 'psuedo-living' entities, and cannot truly be called 'living creatures'. To be classified as 'alive', an organism needs to meet several criteria, like the ability to respond to stimuli, grow, develop, reproduce, etc. The only one of these characteristic viruses, viroids and prions share with living creatures, is the ability to repoduce. They are self-replicating pieces of DNA or RNA, sometimes covered with a coat of proteins, and do not show any other characteristics of being a living creature.
What are viruses unable to do that all over living things can do?
Unlike living things viruses don't have a metabolism, making them obligatory parasites (they can only reproduce if there's a host cell they can hijack). They also aren't a cell, which is considered by many to be the minimal organisational structure of living things.
What are the living things and non living things?
Roughly, the basic principle is that a "living things" can reproduce through cell division and "non-living things" cannot. For example, bacteria can procreate on its own, while viruses cannot. Viruses have to come into contact with the cells of living things to have their genome duplicated and multiply.
Major biotic and abiotic factors present in the ecosystem?
All living things are biotic so that is pretty self-explanatory. Abiotic factors would include, but not limited to, rocks, minerals, water, and things like viruses which are not living.
