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What structure is found in both viruses and living single celled organisms?
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Nucleic acid
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∙ 11y agoDNA or RNA
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Are viruses nonliving?
Active (non-killed) viruses are living organisms.
What is the difference between living cells that are organisms and living cells are not organisms?
Single celled organisms are examples of living cells that are organisms. Most other living cells are parts of living organisms, but could not survive long on their own.
Why viruses are difficult to classify as living organisms?
It is because viruses are not made up of cells
Are the cells of your body considered organisms?
They are living, but they are not organisms. Cells are the "building blocks" of tissues, which group together into organs, which group together into organ systems. Those organ systems comprise an organism. The individuals cells are not organisms themselves.
How do viruses and cellular organisms differ?
Viruses are not classified as living, while cellular organisms are. Viruses are essentially a protein case with mRNA inside. Cells are far more complicated.
Complete living unit?
The smallest complete living unit known to science is a single cell. The smallest single celled organisms known, mycoplasma, are not much bigger than the very largest viruses. Viruses are not technically considered to be living organisms by most scientists.
How is the basic structure of living organisms different from that of non- living things?
Living organisms have a cell membrane containing cytoplasm. Some viruses are the exception, being made of proteins, but many types of viruses are surrounded by a lipid membrane.
The difference between living cells that are organisms and living cells that are not organisms?
single celled organisms
Are lobsters single or multi-celled?
Multi because they are living and breathing. Something like a rock would be single celled.
What are the differances viruses and bacteria?
viruses are non living and bacteria are living organisms
Are single-celled organisms living things?
Yes.
Who wrote the book Single Celled Organisms?
Single-celled Organisms was written by Helmut Schenk.
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.
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.
Are viruses nonliving?
Active (non-killed) viruses are living organisms.
What is the difference between living cells that are organisms and living cells are not organisms?
Single celled organisms are examples of living cells that are organisms. Most other living cells are parts of living organisms, but could not survive long on their own.
What are living bacteria?
Bacteria are microscopic, single-celled organisms. Living bacteria are not dead.
