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Which is smallest unit of life that can exist as separate entity?
According to a student taking the AP biology exam, he/she lost 10 points by choosing an answer that said viruses are living things and as a result, states that viruses are not living things :http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080926021144AAwdJ2h According to MCAT training materials (MCAT is the test taken to get into med school) Viruses are no considered cells because, among other reasons, they cannot live independently. The MCAT materials say that there is a debate as to whether viruses are living things because of the nature of their life cycle (again - they cannot live independently). Other posts that I found on this topic by searching ask.com say that viruses are not living things because they fail to meet the 7 criteria of living things. Viruses are 20 - 300nm in size and prokaryotes are 1 - 10um. While viruses are smaller, many feel they manufacture rather than reproduce and therefore are not living things. MCAT training materials do not come out and say whether they are living or non-living but refer to them as parasitic, acellular, and incapable of living independently and note that there is debate as to whether they are living things. Once can say truthfully, as another poster noted, viruses fail traditional, established criteria for 'life'. In this instance, I would say the smallest thing that meets the criteria for life is prokaryotes (bacteria). Debatable is whether or not established criteria for life need to be modified in order to accommodate the unique nature of viruses.
What happens to neurotransmitters that fail to attach to a receptor site?
In a process called reuptake, they are reabsorbed by sending the neuron and recycled.
What is variation what is a natural selection?
variation is the differences in genotypic traits between individuals in a populationnatural selection is any naturally occurring process resulting in differential success of reproduction of individuals depending on the genotypic traits they have expressed as phenotypic traits, the usual means by which this happens is the death of specific individuals prior to being able to reproduce but other events can alter the rate of success of reproduction without the individuals dying (e.g. they reproduce OK themselves but fail to bring those offspring to reproductive age successfully).
What happens if a person has an average of 70 percent and wants to study for medicine which needs like 75 percent?
You either study harder or fail.
What happens if you fail the physical?
If you fail the physical exam, you may not be able to participate in certain activities or programs that have physical requirements. It is important to work with a healthcare provider to address any areas of concern so that you can improve your physical fitness and try again in the future.
If members of a species fail to reproduce successfully the species?
If all members of a species fail to reproduce, the species will die out and can become extinct.
Why do all plants reproduce?
Since plants do not live forever, if they fail to reproduce, they are gone.
Are the majority of british gay?
No - they would fail to reproduce if they were.
If species fail to reproduce successfully the species will?
becoe extinct.
What happens toThird parties in the US?
They often fail because they don't get the press or are left out of things like debates.
What happens when you die in sat?
You fail!
What happens when your car runs out of miles?
Then you fail
Why do living things need to meet their basic needs?
Because if they fail to do so, they will die out, and the sole purpose of all life, the main one anyway, is to survive. No living thing wants to be the last of its kind.
What happens when 1 of the skeletal muscle functions fail?
They would all fail, they work together.
What happens when you test positive for fioricet?
You fail the test.
Why does crank senssor fail?
why do people die? It happens.
What happens when cooling systems fail?
It gets warmer.
