EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Viruses are considered as something between living and non-living because they do not grow or reproduce by themselves. This makes them non-living. However, when a virus enters a living cell of an organism, it obtains energy from the host cell and starts reproducing.

Detailed explanation-2: -Viruses also lack the properties of living things: They have no energy metabolism, they do not grow, they produce no waste products, and they do not respond to stimuli. They also don’t reproduce independently but must replicate by invading living cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -A virus is considered as a living organism and an obligate parasite when inside a host cell.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bacteria, on the other hand, are living organisms that consist of single cell that can generate energy, make its own food, move, and reproduce (typically by binary fission).

Detailed explanation-5: -Viruses are non-living things out side the body of any organism, they don’t have any cellular machinery of their own but reproduce once it enters a host. They have their own RNA or DNA and can replicate in the host. They have their own metabolism as well in the host but they are non-living outside the host.