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Howdy fellow user!
Viruses are quite unusual when you try to categorise them in that way.
From what I have learned, viruses are usually not alive when outside their host, like, a flu virus sitting on a table. But, when the person touches the virus-infested table and rubs their face with that very hand, the virus gets inside them by infecting the respiratory epithelial cells, their favourite host cells. They soon start pumping put copies of themselves as if they are 'alive'.
Overall, they are obligate intracellular parasites, i.e., they need the perfect host to become 'alive' since the host has all the machinery needed to make the proteins and replicate the genome.
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What else can I help you with?
Unlike living things a virus does not make or use?
Unlike living things a virus does not make or use genetic material such as DNA. Viruses do not create their own DNA.
Which of these are not a living organism earthworm ecoli virus sea cucumber?
Of all these things, the virus is the only non-living thing. Viruses are not living organisms. E.coli is a bacteria and living.
What are living but dead things?
Some would say a virus.
Give an example of Non-living thing giving any two characteristics of living things?
living: plants, human beings, animals, and mushroomsnonliving: glass, bread, rocks, and airplanes.A virus is an example of a non-living thing that shows some of the characteristics of the living things.
Are there things in between living and nonliving?
There is some debate about the status of a virus, whether it is living, not living, or some intermediary condition.
What is living thing virus?
Virus can not be termed as a living thing or organism. Viruses can not replicate themselves, they are dependent on its host. The only similarity is it contain genetic material such as DNA or RNA like living things which codes for its proteins.
If the virus that causes chickenpox contains DNA reproduces inside cells of living organisms is not made of cells and does not eat or breathe then why isn't the virus considered to be living?
Viruses are not living things because they do not meat the definition/standard science uses to define living things.
Is the Ebola virus living?
No. No virus is living.
Is measles a living thing?
no, it is a virus Technically, measles is a type of illness that is caused by germs, viruses,and bacteria (which are living things).
How does a virus sustain life in its host?
First things first a virus is not living. The virus injects its Genetic material (G.M. for short) and and makes the bacteria make more viruses.
In a tablar form why virus either be a non-living and living things?
outside a living host cell , a virus is found to be inactive , devoid of its metabolic activities . but inside a living cell it actively carries out all its metabolism . so sometimes it is living and some other times non living
When is the only time that viruses are active?
the virus is active when they are inside living things (host cell)
