Question

Viruses are said to lie on the border line dividing the living things from non - living things. Give reason

Answer 1

viruses, when outside the host, they do not divide and act as non living

but when they're inside the host, they divide very actively just like a living organism.

so we can say that they lie on the border of living and non living

Answer 2

Viruses are considered at the borderline of living and non-livingbecause they show both the characterstics of a living and a non-living. As they reacts like non-living in the free atmosphere but when they enter in the body of a living organism then they shows the features of a living organism and starts reproduction.Some special features of being a living are that DNA and RNA codesare present in them.some special features of being a non-living are that they do some functions like excreation and can't multiply by own.