LIFE 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 are microscopic, acellular organisms that are not considered living or not living. In the surrounding environment, the viruses are considered dead as they do not possess any characteristics of a cell.

Detailed explanation-3: -Viruses are not considered living organisms because they a) cannot reproduce by themselves. Viruses are not made of cells, and therefore have no capacity to replicate their genetic information and spread. They are constructed of a strand of either DNA or RNA, which is enclosed by a protein shell called a capsid.

Detailed explanation-4: -the flu, Ebola, measles and HIV. They are made up of DNA or RNA encapsulated in a protein shell and can only survive and replicate inside a living host, which could be any organism on earth.