EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Viruses are not made out of cells, they can’t keep themselves in a stable state, they don’t grow, and they can’t make their own energy. Even though they definitely replicate and adapt to their environment, viruses are more like androids than real living organisms.

Detailed explanation-3: -Viruses are considered to be nonliving. How are they similar to living organisms, and how are they different? Viruses resemble organisms because they can multiply. They are different because they are not alive: they are not cells, they do not use their own energy to grow or respond to their surroundings.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ability to reproduce is a living characteristic that is observed in viruses. Viruses use the cellular components of the host cell which it infects to reproduce. A genetic material is present inside the viruses like other living organisms.

Detailed explanation-5: -They don’t have cytoplasm or cellular organelles, and they’re not cells. Within the infected host cell, new viruses are produced and assembled. The viruses are inactive outside of the host. They are unable to reproduce or develop outside of the host cell. More items