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Several traits could lead one to consider viruses as living organisms. They carry and transmit their own genetic information, they consume resources, they move, or rather they take advantage of a host in order to move, and they initiate self-replication when in a suitable host.
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Which characteristics do viruses possess in common with living cells?
They are self-replicating.They have their own genetic material.They show metabolism.
What characteristics of life does bread have?
6 characteristics of life
What characteristics are used to group viruses?
Computer viruses are grouped based on what types of files they infect, how they infect them, and what stealth techniques they use to hide.
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.
Why do biologists consider viruses to be nonliving?
Viruses are not cells and do not have a cell membrane or other components of living cells. They cannot reproduce on their own. They cannot move on their own. They also can not use energy. They are alive in the sense that they are organic material, but not in the sense that they are independent living things.Also they cannot respond to stimulus.Most biologists today consider viruses to be nonliving because viruses do not have all the characteristics essential for life. Viruses are not cells and do not use their own energy to grow or to respond to their surroundings. Viruses also cannot make food, take in food, or produce wastes. The only way in which viruses are like organisms is that they are able to multiply.CREDITS FROM: NORTH CAROLINA 8TH GRADE PRENTICE HALL SCIENCE EXPLORER
You know viruses are not alive because?
Viruses do not have all the characteristics of life. They are missing life span, homeostasis, metabolism, growth and are not made of cells.
What has living characteristics but is not alive?
Viruses have some characteristics of life but these are not considered living organisms as they are non cellular.
Which characteristics do viruses possess in common with living cells?
They are self-replicating.They have their own genetic material.They show metabolism.
Did viruses have all the characteristics of living things?
Viruses share a few characteristics with living organisms but not many, viruses are essentially just chains of proteins. They contain genetic information but they do not have any cellular stucture as most other forms of life do. The average virus about one one-hundredth the size of the average bacterium and viruses do not have their own metabolism but require a host cell.
Are diseases abiotic?
A disease can be biotic or abiotic. If it is a bacteria it is biotic, but if it is a virus it is always abiotic, because viruses are not considered living because they cannot reproduce on there own, do not consume energy or give off waist.
What are characteristics of viruses?
viruses are obligate intracellular entities and are considered to be acellular
What characteristics do scientists use to group viruses?
Viruses can be grouped by their shape, the type of disease they cause, their life cycle, or the kind of genetic material they contain. And, the four main shapes of viruses are: Crystals, Spheres, Cylinders, and Spacecraft.
What characteristics of a virus?
Viruses multiply within the host cells and give rise to the same genetic types. Viruses show extremely specific intracellular parasitism. They can easily be crystallized and precipitated. Viruses have no cytoplasm,nucleus,membranes,ribosomes,enzymes etc.
What characteristics do scientists use to classify viruses?
their genome
What are the characteristics used to classify viruses?
size and shape
Is a nonliving particles that causes disease?
Viruses are considered to be non-living things, and are capable of causing disease. The reason viruses are not considered living is because they lack many of the characteristics of life until they infect a host cell.
What are the seven life processes of viruses?
Since viruses are not alive they can not have life processes.
