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they can only reproduce inside a cell

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What separates the living from the nonliving things?

What seperates the living from nonliving things?


Viruses depend on living things for what?

Viruses depend on living cells because they reproduce inside of them.


How viruses unlike living things?

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Do viruses need oxygen to live?

Yes. Viruses are living things too.


How can you tell the difference between bacteria and viruses?

The difference is that viruses are smaller than bacteria. One more major difference is that bacteria are living things whereas viruses are non living things.


Why can't we classify a virus as a living thing?

Viruses are not living things. Viruses are complicated assemblies of molecules, including proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, and carbohydrates, but on their own they can do nothing until they enter a living cell. Without cells, viruses would not be able to multiply. Therefore, viruses are not living things.


Do viruses reproduce with live or dead?

viruses are nonliving things. but they need living things to reproduces. so live


Why scientist believe that virus are not living organisms?

viruses do not grow, and viruses do not respond to changes in their environment. Therefore, viruses are not living organisms. All living things reproduce, but Viruses need living cells to reproduce because Viruses cannot reproduce by themselves.


What other things that are living organism?

Everything that are living are living organisms. Every other things are not considered to be a living organism e.g. viruses.


Viruses and bacteria are which type of living thing?

Bacteria and viruses are small and can only be seen through a microscope. The small living things are microorganisms or microbes. Some people do not think viruses are living things because they are acellular particles. They consider them to be an organic structure that interacts with living organisms.


How are viruses and organisms different?

Viruses are things that spread and contain germs. An Organism is a living thing.


How are viruses different organisms?

Viruses are things that spread and contain germs. An Organism is a living thing.