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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.
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Which characteristics do viruses possess in common with living cells?
Viruses share similarities with living cells in their ability to reproduce and evolve through genetic mutations. They also contain genetic material, either DNA or RNA, and can infect host cells to carry out their replication. However, viruses lack cellular structures and cannot carry out metabolic processes on their own, which are essential characteristics of living cells.
Why do you classify viruses as obligatory intracellular parasite?
Viruses need living cells to produce more viruses. They are obliged to use living cells.
Are viruses eukaryotes?
No, viruses are not considered to be eukaryotes. They are non-cellular entities that lack many characteristics of living cells, such as the ability to carry out metabolic processes on their own. Instead, viruses rely on host cells to replicate and survive.
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 do viruses have to support the idea that they are alive?
Viruses lack the cellular machinery for metabolism and reproduction on their own, which are key characteristics of living organisms. They can only replicate by hijacking host cells. Therefore, viruses are considered more like particles than living organisms.
Viruses depend on living things for what?
Viruses depend on living cells because they reproduce inside of them.
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
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).
What types of things have cells?
Anything living. Since viruses are not living (they don't have cells) they don't count.
Did viruses appear before or after living cells?
no because we needed to know about living cells to know about a virus.
