Question

Are viruses living or non living ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Virus is an extremely small entity which contains either RNA or DNA as the genetic material. They are also smaller than most bacteria. Virus is not fully acknowledged as living organisms as they cannot survive outside a host.

Answer 2

Answer:

They are considered to be on the borderline on living and non-living.

Explanation:

This is because, they show non-living characteristics outside a host cell and they show living characteristics inside a host cell.

[A host cell is a cell from which a virus gets its nutrition and inside which, a virus can replicate.]