EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Viruses cannot replicate on their own, but rather depend on their host cell’s protein synthesis pathways to reproduce. This typically occurs by the virus inserting its genetic material in host cells, co-opting the proteins to create viral replicates, until the cell bursts from the high volume of new viral particles.

Detailed explanation-2: -Viruses depend on the host cells that they infect to reproduce. When found outside of host cells, viruses exist as a protein coat or capsid, sometimes enclosed within a membrane. The capsid encloses either DNA or RNA which codes for the virus elements.

Detailed explanation-3: -A virus needs a living cell in order to reproduce. The living cell in which the virus reproduces is called a host cell.

Detailed explanation-4: -To multiply, a virus must first infect a cell. Susceptibility defines the capacity of a cell or animal to become infected. The host range of a virus defines both the kinds of tissue cells and the animal species which it can infect and in which it can multiply.

Detailed explanation-5: -It is a molecule with genetic material, it can only replicate inside of the living cells of another organism. The virus’s genetic material takes control of the host cell and forces it to reproduce.