SSC
BIOLOGY
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Question
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What reason do scientists give for saying that viruses are not living organisms?
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they cannot reproduce without the aid of a host
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they do not metabolize food into energy
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they do not have organized cells
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all of the above
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none of the above
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Explanation:
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: -This is due to the fact that viruses possess the characteristic of both the living and the non-living. For instance, viruses can reproduce inside a host just like any other living organism, but this ability to reproduce is lost when the virus is outside the host cell.
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