Question

Characteristics of virus not shown by both living and non living

Answer 1

characteristics shown by viruses:

• they are not cells, they do not have cytoplasm or cellular organelles  and carry out no metabolism on their own.
• therefore they replicate by host cell's metabolic machinery.
• when they are non living they dont show any mechanism, but once they enter the body of the host they become active.
• viruses can infect animals ,human beings and even plants.
• eg of diseases caused by virus include HIV and Flu.

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Answer 2

Nonliving characteristics include the fact that they are not cells, have no cytoplasm or cellular organelles, and carry out no metabolism on their own and therefore must replicate using the host cell's metabolic machinery. 4. Viruses can infect animals, plants, and even other microorganisms.