are viruses living things?mention five charcteristics of living things that are shown by viruses

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anonymous · Answer

It depends who you ask. I would argue that they are not living because they do not really fit the characteristics of living things because they cannot do anything by themselves. They do respond to their environment, move, reproduce, and expend energy, but only with the use of a host. They cannot reproduce without the use of a host cell and the virus itself is not really a cell. It is basically a protein shell and perhaps a lipid sheath and genetic material. It is not autonomous because it can't reproduce or control where it moves.

anonymous · Answer

exactly the virus are the life and the death, they stay in the limit because they need infect a cell for they can replication. For example: they haven't the necesary machine for sinthesis of ADN. they are a parasite obligate. they haven't need consume energy. but more deficult to explain is the property of the Prions.

anonymous · Answer

Viruses are NOT living things, although they do display some of the qualities of living things such as reproduction, responsiveness, and the use of energy, and they use the cells of their host, but they themselves do not have cells. They do have movement, but I wouldn't say that they have control over this, and they don't experience growth.
Viruses are composed of a protein coat which contains their DNA, once the virus wants to reproduce, the protein coat can attach its self to the target cell and inject the genetic material of the virus!

anonymous · Answer

Viruses are living, the main proof is given by sarahissocoollike itself. A non-living thing cannot reproduce no matter what. The virus also controls when to get covered by the protein coat and when not to.

anonymous · Answer

The answer will depend on your definition of life. For me it is the ability to survive. The traditional definition (being born, grow, reproduce and die) may cause confusion in certain kinds of beings, such as viruses. You could even compare the traditional definition of life with the stars life span. But certainly our sun is not alive. That’s why I prefer “the ability to survive”.