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Viruses attach to cells of a host (humans, other living organisms). This is how they reproduce and cannot live without a host. They either go into a lytic cycle where they just keep reproducing by using the cell of the host (it is kind of like hacking, and making the cell work for them). viruses can also go into lysogenic cycle where they just stay in the cell undetected until they decide they want to go into lytic cycle and reproduce.
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Name two reasons that viruses are considered nonliving?
Viruses are considered nonliving because they cannot reproduce independently; they require a host cell to replicate and produce new viral particles. Additionally, viruses do not possess cellular structures or metabolic processes, which are essential characteristics of living organisms.
What is this - they can only reproduce inside the cells of other organisms?
This describes a virus. Viruses are unique microorganisms that cannot reproduce on their own; they require a host cell to replicate. Once inside a host cell, they hijack the cell's machinery to produce new virus particles. This dependence on host cells distinguishes viruses from other types of organisms, such as bacteria, which can reproduce independently.
What is the Characteristics of a virus that make it different from living things?
Viruses exhibit several characteristics that distinguish them from living organisms. Unlike living things, viruses lack cellular structure and cannot carry out metabolic processes on their own; they require a host cell to replicate and produce new virus particles. Additionally, viruses do not grow or respond to environmental stimuli in the way living organisms do. Their genetic material can be either DNA or RNA, but they do not possess the machinery for protein synthesis, relying entirely on the host's cellular mechanisms for reproduction.
What are 3 things that viruses cannot do?
Viruses cannot reproduce on their own, as they require a host cell to replicate and produce new virus particles. They also lack cellular structures and metabolic processes, meaning they cannot carry out functions like energy production or protein synthesis independently. Additionally, viruses cannot respond to environmental stimuli in the way living organisms do, as they do not possess the machinery for sensing or reacting to their surroundings.
Why are viruses although considered to be nonliving frequently referred to as parasites?
Viruses are often referred to as parasites because they depend entirely on a host cell to replicate and carry out their life processes, similar to how parasites rely on a host for survival and reproduction. Unlike living organisms, viruses lack the cellular machinery and metabolic functions necessary for independent life, making them obligate parasites. They invade host cells, hijacking their machinery to produce new viral particles, which can lead to disease in the host. This parasitic behavior underscores their reliance on living organisms for their existence.
What kind of virus make the host cell create new viruses?
viruses
Name two reasons that viruses are considered nonliving?
Viruses are considered nonliving because they cannot reproduce independently; they require a host cell to replicate and produce new viral particles. Additionally, viruses do not possess cellular structures or metabolic processes, which are essential characteristics of living organisms.
Is the virus common cold aerobic or anaerobic?
Viruses, like the common cold virus, are not categorized in that way as bacteria are. Viruses are neither. Since they are non-living organisms (unlike bacteria that are living), they have no oxygen requirements and can be "active" with or without it. Their hosts' cells, that they hijack to create new viruses, do need oxygen, however, so it is necessary for the cells so they can reproduce the virus particles for viral reproduction, but not necessary for each virus particle itself.
What is this - they can only reproduce inside the cells of other organisms?
This describes a virus. Viruses are unique microorganisms that cannot reproduce on their own; they require a host cell to replicate. Once inside a host cell, they hijack the cell's machinery to produce new virus particles. This dependence on host cells distinguishes viruses from other types of organisms, such as bacteria, which can reproduce independently.
The phrase is not a cell but has the ability to reproduce within a living cell can be used to describe?
Viruses. Viruses are not considered living organisms, but they can replicate and reproduce inside living host cells by hijacking the cell's machinery. This process leads to the production of new virus particles, which can then infect other cells.
How viruses are made?
Viruses are not made, but rather reproduce by hijacking the cells of living organisms such as plants, animals, and bacteria. They enter a host cell, take over its machinery to replicate their genetic material, and assemble new virus particles. This process ultimately leads to the release of these new viruses from the host cell to infect other cells.
Does a virus reproduce every 20 minutes?
Viruses do not reproduce in the same way that living organisms do. Instead, they replicate by infecting a host cell and hijacking the cell's machinery to produce new viral particles. The time it takes for a virus to replicate can vary widely depending on the virus and the host environment, but some viruses can indeed produce new virions in as little as 20 minutes under optimal conditions. However, this is not a universal characteristic for all viruses.
What is the Characteristics of a virus that make it different from living things?
Viruses exhibit several characteristics that distinguish them from living organisms. Unlike living things, viruses lack cellular structure and cannot carry out metabolic processes on their own; they require a host cell to replicate and produce new virus particles. Additionally, viruses do not grow or respond to environmental stimuli in the way living organisms do. Their genetic material can be either DNA or RNA, but they do not possess the machinery for protein synthesis, relying entirely on the host's cellular mechanisms for reproduction.
What is the idea that organisms that are better adapted to their environments will survive and create new organisms of their species called?
Darwinism.
What are 3 things that viruses cannot do?
Viruses cannot reproduce on their own, as they require a host cell to replicate and produce new virus particles. They also lack cellular structures and metabolic processes, meaning they cannot carry out functions like energy production or protein synthesis independently. Additionally, viruses cannot respond to environmental stimuli in the way living organisms do, as they do not possess the machinery for sensing or reacting to their surroundings.
How do you explain how copies of viruses are produced?
Viruses replicate by hijacking host cells and using their machinery to make copies of themselves. Once inside a host cell, the virus releases its genetic material, which then directs the host cell to produce viral proteins and assemble new viral particles. These new virus particles can then infect other cells and continue the replication cycle.
What is an example of a microbe that causes cell death?
Viruses are a good example. They infect the body cells, make them produce replicates of themselves (new virus particles) and then the cells they have invaded are killed as the new virus particles burst open the cell to release the new particles to infect more cells. Until your body's immune system can create antibodies to inactivate the virus particles, this Lytic cycle of viral reproduction continues in each cell that is invaded. See the related question below about the Lytic cycle for more detail.
