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Mainly because rocks don't reproduce.
A lot of scientists don't consider viruses alive, either, for pretty much the same reason: they can't reproduce themselves, they have to co-opt the machinery of a living cell in order to do so.
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What season is August in?
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Is sulfur a renewable resource?
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Neither a rock nor a virus can make food or change food into energy explain why a virus is considered alive while a rock is not?
In addition to not having the ability to replicate itself, a rock is inorganic and composed of solid crystalline minerals.
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A pathogenic bacterium is alive while a virus is not.
Why is a virus considered alive while a rock is not?
Well a rock isn't really alive, and a virus is actually moving if you get a scope to look at it. it gets into your body to form a disease. We know you cant really see it but try to wash you hands free of germs and viruses! ;)
Why was the potato considered alive and the potato chip as not?
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the Cou and other stuff but it kinda hard to explain
Is rabies a microorganism?
That is a matter of debate. Rabies is caused by a virus. While the general consensus of scientists is that viruses are not alive, there is some debate about it.
Is a computer virus alive?
While the answer below is creative and can somewhat be understood, the simple answer to this question is: No. A computer virus is not alive. It is just a malevolent program that is designed to automatically attack a computer, but it is not alive like viruses that attack a human body.A living virus?In my opinion; A computer virus acts like a program, but when executed, it does malicious tasks automatically in your computer without you knowing. Since it works inside a computer, it's like it breathes on electricity, and thinks with the Artificial Intelligence given by its creator. Without electricity, the virus doesn't breathe its source of life for it to do its purpose. So you could say it is "virtually" alive or something like that.
Since trees and flowers are alive have scientists proven they are not conscious?
While plants are considered living things, there is no evidence that they are conscious.
Virus is living or nonliving?
A virus is considered non-living. It does not have all the characteristics of a living thing unlike bacteria. Viruses need living cells to reproduce while any living things can reproduce (asexually or not).
four difference between virus and bacteria?
Viruses are (debatably) not alive while bacteria are; meaning they are smaller and require a living host to survive. Bacteria are killed with antibiotics, but viruses are not.
Is the strep throat virus alive?
You've asked two questions: Streptocuccus isn't a virus; it's a bacterium. As such, it meets all the 19th century criteria for life: eats, excretes, multiplies. So yes -- it's alive. A virus is another matter. As virii typically modify the cell to produce more virii instead of more familiar reproduction methods, it doesn't exactly multiply, and there's a question about it excreting too. So, while old school thought tihnks a virus may be alive, more modern thinking is beginning to question the definition of life as it applies here.
Why is a host cell unable to make its own proteins if the invading virus replicates?
The reason why a host cell is unable to make it`s protein while the invading virus replicates is because viruses typically not considered living organisms
