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What provides energy for an virus?
A virus does not have a metabolism. To reproduce, a virus takes control of a living cell, forcing the cell to make copies of the virus. All energy is provided by the cell.
Explain why a virus might exist for years and only become active once it comes into contact with a living cell?
A virus is debatably not a living thing, it stores no energy and "tricks" the cell into expending its own energy which the virus then uses for its "evil deeds"
The virus that causes chicken pox contains DNA. It reproduces inside the cells of living organisms. The virus is not made of cells and does not eat or breathe. Why isn’t the virus considered to be a living thing?
it is not made of cells (A+)
A virus needs a _____________ to reproduce?
There is no other living thing that requires a virus in order to reproduce.
What is the smallest living thing in the following list frog embryo mitochondria bacteria virus atom?
bacteria
What living thing provides energy for a virus or an organism?
parasites
What provides energy for an virus?
A virus does not have a metabolism. To reproduce, a virus takes control of a living cell, forcing the cell to make copies of the virus. All energy is provided by the cell.
Explain why a virus might exist for years and only become active once it comes into contact with a living cell?
A virus is debatably not a living thing, it stores no energy and "tricks" the cell into expending its own energy which the virus then uses for its "evil deeds"
What is a parasite bacteria or virus?
Bacteria. A virus is a non-living thing. Bacteria is a living thing.
What directly provides energy for virus?
A virus uses the host energy making organelles to produce its' energy requirements.
What provides the energy for a virus?
viruses dot need energy.
What directly provides sunlight to a virus?
A virus uses the host energy making organelles to produce its' energy requirements.
What is the energy source of the flu virus?
The flu virus is a non-living thing, so it doesn't have its own energy source. To reproduce, it hijacks the cells of a living being, such as the upper respiratory cells of a human, and uses the energy of those cells to make more copies of itself.
How does a Swine Flu virus get energy?
It steals it from its host. A virus enters the cells of the host animal and changes the cell's DNA/RNA to make it stop doing what it usually does for the host and start working on making copies of the virus using the host's resources and energy. A virus is not a living thing, so it must have a living thing work for it to make replications in a "reproductive" process. The reproductive process of the influenza viruses is the Lytic Cycle. See more about that in the related questions.
What is a Living organism within a virus called?
There is no such thing. viruses are so very small that a living thing could not live inside one. But a virus inside a living thing could be called latent if it is not causing a disease or active if it is.
Is rhinovirus a living thing?
Mostly No. A rhinovirus is a type of virus. A virus does not completely fit the accepted definition of a living entity.
Why is a virus particle not considered a living thing?
no metabolism
