Question

viruses are truly alive or not

Answer 1

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Virus is considered as both living and non-living organism.they have both living and non-living characteristics...

LIVING CHARACTERISTICS:
1-they have either of the genetic material-DNA OR RNA
2-they can multiple themselves that means reproduce when they get any host.
3-they can move from one place to the another.

NON-LIVING CHARACTERISTICS:
1-they can't reproduce on their own ,they need a body of host.
2-they don' have cell organelles .....
Virus shows the characteristics of both living organisms and non-living things. So they are called the connecting link between living and non-living.

Living characteristics include:
1.They can reproduce.
2.They can move from one place to other.
3.Contain a strand of DNA or RNA
4. They are parasitic in nature

Non living characteristics include:
1.They cannot replicate on their own. They need a host.
2.They don't have any organelles.
3.They can stay dead in crystalline form for thousands of years....

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Answer 2

hey friend

here is your answer...

Viruses act as non living organisms when they are present in air but when they come in contact with living organism they act as living organism.They multiply themselves in the organism.This shows that they are both living and non living.They are in the boundary line of living and non living.

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