Question

Why viruses do not show characteristics of life until they enter in living body?

Answer 1

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✰Viruses lack any membranes

Hence, they do not show characteristics of life until they enter a living cell. On entering the living cell they use the cell machinery to multiply.

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Answer 2

Viruses show the characteristics of living when there inside the body of the host otherwise they show the characteristics of non living things.

Explanation:

• One of the most important thing in case of viruses is that outside the host body they do not show any metabolic activities. In addition to this there is no capability of the virus to move on its own.

• In addition to this the virus is just composed of nucleic acid and other structures of the cells are not present. However on entering the host it starts to multiply l.

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