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Why do viruses not contradict the idea that all living things are made of cells because?
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A virus is an extremely small cell. You can have big cells and little cells.
Viruses aren't considered to be alive because they depend on a host cell for energy and reproduction.
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Viruses do not contradict the idea that all living things are made of cells because?
Viruses aren't considered to be alive because they depend on a host cell for energy and reproduction.
Viruses depend on living things for what?
Viruses depend on living cells because they reproduce inside of them.
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.
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.
Can non-living things reproduce?
Viruses can reproduce only inside a cell of living organisms. Viruses are sometimes considered non-living structures because they lack cells.
Why are viruses difficult to place in the category of living things?
Viruses are technically not living because they cannot reproduce without a host cell, they cannot move on their own, and they have no organeles.
Are all organisms living things?
Yes **G1N4** I thought some living things are not organisms, because they are not free living.
Are viruses Prokaryotic or Eukaryotic?
Neither, viruses are unique to themselves and don't belong to any classification of life. Viruses are not considered living things because they do not perform all the functions of life therefore they are considered organic particles.
What type of cell are viruses?
None. Viruses are acellular. Many biologists do not consider viruses to be living things in part because they are acellular. Look at any phylogeny (tree of life). Viruses are not on them.
How viruses unlike living things?
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Why don't scientists use binomial nomenclature to name viruses?
Biologists don't use binomial nomenclature to name viruses because binomial nomenclature is reserved for living things. Viruses are not considers alive.
Do viruses need oxygen to live?
Yes. Viruses are living things too.
