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What is the only characteristics shared by living cells and viruses?
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Viruses are composed of two main parts: an outer protein covering called a capsid and an inside core of either DNA or RNA. Not both DNA and RNA. Living cells also contain DNA and RNA. These are the only thing shared by living cells and viruses.
Rhett Strosin
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What are the characteristics shared by living things?
All living organisms must have or made up of cells.
Which characteristics do viruses possess in common with living cells?
They are self-replicating.They have their own genetic material.They show metabolism.
Why do you classify viruses as obligatory intracellular parasite?
Viruses need living cells to produce more viruses. They are obliged to use living cells.
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.
Viruses depend on living things for what?
Viruses depend on living cells because they reproduce inside of them.
Are viruses living cells?
No, they are not alive at all.
Is some viruses are prokaryotes and some are eukaryotes?
Viruses are neither prokaryotes nor eukaryotes as they are not living cells and do not have cell structure. They are parasites of living cells.
Why are viruses non living?
Viruses are considered non-living because they are not cells. They do not exhibit some characteristics of life such as reproduction and growth.
Where would viruses most likely grow?
Viruses can only live in living organisms (viruses themselves are not actually living). They might infect cells in our body, such as throat cells (infection of throat cells causes sore throat).
Did viruses appear before or after living cells?
no because we needed to know about living cells to know about a virus.
What types of things have cells?
Anything living. Since viruses are not living (they don't have cells) they don't count.
What are pathogens that need living cells in order to reproduce called?
Viruses need living cells for reproduction .
