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Pretty much everything.
Since viruses are not alive, they have many things in common with that of a non-living things. Some of these characteristics includes:
- cannot reproduce (viruses need a host in order to reproduce)
- cannot adapt to the environment (although they change, this is not an environmental adaption)
- are not made of a cell, nor are they composed of cells. (viruses are much smaller than that of a cell)
- cannot metabolize (viruses do not eat for energy, nor do they excrete waste material. They only use the energy made by the host cell, or the kinetic energy in gravity, wind, etc.)
- cannot grow (viruses can only be "assembled" when infecting the host cell.)
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∙ 11y agoviruses can also move like living organism
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What three characteristics do animals and fungi share?
They both live, eat living things, breathe air.
Are bacteria and viruses living things?
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What characteristics do coacervates share with living things?
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What are the 5 characteristics all living things share?
All living things exhibit these characteristics: 1. They are made of cells. 2. They obtain and use energy. 3. They grow and develop. 4.They reproduce. 5. They respond to their environment.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of all living organisms?
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Do all living things share common characteristics?
Living things share all of the following characteristics except _____.
How many characteristic do living things share?
the answer is 5 characteristics
Did viruses have all the characteristics of living things?
Viruses share a few characteristics with living organisms but not many, viruses are essentially just chains of proteins. They contain genetic information but they do not have any cellular stucture as most other forms of life do. The average virus about one one-hundredth the size of the average bacterium and viruses do not have their own metabolism but require a host cell.
Why do many scientist believe all things share certain characteristics?
All living things share a common ancestry.
What is one property of life that viruses share with living things?
they both have at least one cell.
Why do many scientist believe all living things share certain characteristics?
All living things share a common ancestry.
Do all living things have all of the characteristics in life?
Six characteristics of living thingsReproductionContain similair chemicalsResponds to surroundingsGrowth and DevelopmentCellular OrginizationEnergyFour things living organisms needWaterStable Internal ConditionsLiving SpaceEnergy
What three characteristics do animals and fungi share?
They both live, eat living things, breathe air.
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 is the difference between cells and viruses?
Virus: is a strand of hereditary material surrounded by a protein coating that can infect and multiply in a host cell. Host Cell: a living cell invaded by or capable of being invaded by an infectious agent.
What are the six charachteristics all living things share?
Grows and developsResponds to its surroundingsReproducesExcreets wasteEnergy (uses)Contains DNACells (has)
What do viruses share with non living things?
Pretty much everything.Since viruses are not alive, they have many things in common with that of a non-living things. Some of these characteristics includes:cannot reproduce (viruses need a host in order to reproduce)cannot adapt to the environment (although they change, this is not an environmental adaption)are not made of a cell, nor are they composed of cells. (viruses are much smaller than that of a cell)cannot metabolize (viruses do not eat for energy, nor do they excrete waste material. They only use the energy made by the host cell, or the kinetic energy in gravity, wind, etc.)cannot grow (viruses can only be "assembled" when infecting the host cell.)
