Question

why are viruses considered to be the borderline between living and non-living?

Answer 1

Explanation:

virus are considered to be border line between living and non living because they show characteristics of both living and non living organisms. they react like non living organism in the free atmosphere, and as living the enter into the body of living organism.

Answer 2

The viruses have characteristics similar to living organism and non living organisms.

Explanation:

• the virus are in animate object outside the body of the host. They are not capable of locomotion.

• The virus also has the capacity to have no metabolic capacity .However inside the body of the host their capable of reproducing which is a characteristics of living organism. Also it can derive nutrition from the host. In addition to this it can also show and multiply the nucleic acid which is present in the organism

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