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1. The virus cannot reproduce on its own, it needs to have a host cell to help it reproduce.
2. The virus is not even a single-celled organism!
3. The virus can't even function on its own! The virus needs to have a host cell to live!
4. The virus does not grow on the inside of the protein coat.
5. The virus only has two main parts: the DNA and the protein coat, which protects the DNA.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 7y agoA virus is usually considered nonliving because:
- it is a parasite, needing to infect a living cell to replicate.
- it has no independent metabolism (everything is done for it by the cell it parasitizes).
- it is just a tiny crystal composed mostly of proteins and one strand of nucleic acid when outside a living cell (a few viruses also include sugar "decorations" on the proteins or a lipid layer around the crystal (this structure was built for it by the living cell its "ancestor" had parasitized).
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∙ 12y agoVirus survives as nonliving particle outside the host. On coming in contact with suitable host cell virus rapidly multiplies and starts all its actions.
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What is nonliving organism?
an oxymoron, maybe a virus, something that died
What makes up the nonliving part of soil?
air
What makes organisms susceptible to a virus?
If there are cells for that virus to reproduce in and no anitbodies to fight the virus off.
Is disease living or non living?
(: A virus is Nonliving cause it needs a different living organism to survive. Kay Bye. =]
Are toenails living or nonliving?
nonliving
What is a nonliving particle that invades a cell?
a virus
Why is virus a living organisms?
No. It is nonliving.
What is one property of one virus that makes it difficult to cure viral infections?
Viruses are nonliving and that fact makes it hard for us to come up with antivirals.
A tiny nonliving particle that enters and the reproduces inside a living cell?
at first i was crying but then it just hit me it was a stupied virus
Virus is living or nonliving?
A virus is considered non-living. It does not have all the characteristics of a living thing unlike bacteria. Viruses need living cells to reproduce while any living things can reproduce (asexually or not).
What is nonliving organism?
an oxymoron, maybe a virus, something that died
Is mumps alive?
No: Mumps is a virus, and by definition viruses are nonliving, neither dead or alive.
What makes up the nonliving part of soil?
air
What is the name of the pathogen that causes the Ebola?
Since viruses are nonliving, they are not given genus and species names. This virus is called the Ebola hemorrhagic virus (EHV).
What makes up the coat for a virus?
protein makes up the coat of a virus
What is nonliving material that makes up the cell walls of the plant?
Cellulose.
Are there things in between living and nonliving?
There is some debate about the status of a virus, whether it is living, not living, or some intermediary condition.
