SCIENCE
VIRUS AND BACTERIA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -A virus is made up of a DNA or RNA genome inside a protein shell called a capsid. Some viruses have an external membrane envelope. Viruses are very diverse. They come in different shapes and structures, have different kinds of genomes, and infect different hosts.
Detailed explanation-3: -Although viruses are not classified as living things, they share two important traits with living things. They have genetic material, and they can evolve.
Detailed explanation-4: -Viruses are also referred to as non-living infectious particles as they lack many characteristics of living organisms like cellular structure, carrying out reproduction and metabolism on their own.