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What viruses are also able to reproduce but only by using the reproductive mechanisms of what?
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a host cell
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Are Viruses able to reproduce without using other organisms?
viruses are dormant when they are not inside a living cell. that means they don't have living characteristics when outside a living cell. they only reproduce when they are inside a living cell.
What are viruses hidden in?
Cells, they reproduce by invading a cell and using its functions to make more viruses, eventually killing a cell. That's why viruses are bad, and that where they "hide".
What are the two methods of viruses replication?
The only way viruses can replicate is by parasitizing living cells and using the cell's mechanisms to replicate their genetic materials and protein components.
How does the organism Daphnia reproduce?
They reproduce asexually using parthenogenesis, which is when the female makes eggs (cell in female reproductive system) but it does not require fertilization (joining of sperm & egg). The offspring becomes identical to the parent.
How are viruses different from living organisms?
First Answer:Viruses are different from living organisms because:Viruses need host cells to reproduce.The do not perform cellular respiration.Viruses also need no nutrition, minerals or food. They need nothing other than a host.Second Answer:Viruses ARE living organisms.
What helps a plant to reproduce?
What kind of plant? Most people think of angiosperms when they think of plants, in which case flowers are the reproductive structure. Flowers reproduce by various pollination methods; using insects, birds, bats, and wind to spread pollen.
How do viruses reproduce compared to bacteria?
Viruses replicate inside body cells, using the host cell to do the work and provide the materials for reproduction. Bacteria reproduce outside body cells and, since, unlike viruses, they are living organisms, bacteria are able to do the work and production of new bacteria without a need for a host.A description of the 'Lytic Cycle', the process that some types of viruses follow in reproduction, is given in the related questions below for more detail of the process of reproduction of some viruses inside body cells.
What are the reproductive organ of animals?
This depends greatly on the type of animal. Mammals, insects, fish, and most vertebrates have ovaries for the females and testes for the males. Cells reproduce using meiosis and mitosis.
What kingdom are viruses classified in?
Viruses do not belong to any kingdom. There is an ongoing debate to whether viruses are alive or not. With the facts given, it is up to you to decide if viruses are alive or not. All Living things: -are composed of cells with a complex, organized structure -actively maintain their complex structure and internal environment (homeostasis) -respond to stimuli in their environment -acquire and use materials and energy from their environment and convert them into new forms -reproduce, using the molecular blueprint of DNA -have the capacity to evolve Viruses: -are not made of cells and do not have cells -cannot accomplish the basic tasks of living cells -have no ribosomes to make protein -have no cytoplasm -cannot acquire energy or steal the host's energy -cannot grow or reproduce by themselves or with other viruses -do not respond to stimuli -cannot maintain a stable internal environment -can evolve
What process do viruses reproduce?
A virus cannot reinvent itself without the help of a 'hosts' living cell. Once the virus invades the living cell it takes over the mechanism of reproduction using the cells enzymes and other chemical to reproduce. Therefore a virus cannot reproduce independently. Once the host cell is compromised the virus is free to infect other cells in the living organism.
How do viruses create new particles or organisms?
Viruses attach to cells of a host (humans, other living organisms). This is how they reproduce and cannot live without a host. They either go into a lytic cycle where they just keep reproducing by using the cell of the host (it is kind of like hacking, and making the cell work for them). viruses can also go into lysogenic cycle where they just stay in the cell undetected until they decide they want to go into lytic cycle and reproduce.
What is the difference between prokaryotic cells and an animal cell?
A prokaryote is a single celled organism, animals cells are not organisms. Prokaryotes do not have membrane bound nucleus or organelles. They also don't have DNA that is organized into chromosomes. These are usually bacteria and viruses. They reproduce by invading animal cells. They 'take over' the invaded cell, using the reproductive function of that cell to make more virus or bacteria.
