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No, viruses are not alive. They don't have a characteristics of a living organism, nor do they have ANY speck of intelligence.
For example:
- A virus can only move by wind, water, blood streams, etc. whereas we can use energy to move ourselves.
- They only have a protein markers which may match that of a cell. When it matches, the viruses is attached to the cell and the nucleic acid (which can vary greatly) is injected. By making themselves out of materials inside the cell, invading a host is the only way they can reproduce.
- They cannot adapt and can be killed when heat is applied which will denature the protein coating.
- A virus cannot respond to stimuli because all it does is float around until it gets attached to a same protein marker.
Viruses are not considered living organisms because they cannot carry out essential life processes without a host cell. They lack the ability to replicate on their own and do not possess cellular structure or metabolism.
This is often disputed. You see, one of the 'functions' of life - in other words, one thing that makes a thing living - is the ability to reproduce. Viruses contain genetic material, but cannot express their genes by themselves. They invade a host cell and inject their DNA into it, and the 'hijacked' cell makes copies of the virus using the DNA. The viruses cannot reproduce by themselves as they have no nucleus. However, viruses are usually considered to be acellular organisms.
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Why is a virus not considered a living organism?
b
What is a parasite bacteria or virus?
A parasite is an organism that lives in or on another organism (the host) and benefits from the relationship at the expense of the host. Bacteria and viruses can both be parasites, depending on their interactions with the host organism.
What is a living thing that a virus or parasite lives on or in organism with no nucleus?
A virus or parasite that lives within an organism lacking a nucleus could infect a prokaryotic cell, such as a bacterium. In this case, the virus or parasite would utilize the host's cellular machinery to replicate and survive without the presence of a nucleus.
What is a micro-organism virus?
A micro-organism is a small living organism, such as bacteria or fungi. A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that can only replicate inside the cells of living organisms. Viruses are not considered living organisms because they cannot carry out metabolic processes on their own.
Is a virus a proton?
No. It is a living organism that invades the body. Protons are charged particles that are found inside atoms. They are not at all related.
Is it true that a virus is a living organism?
false
Why is a virus not considered a living organism?
b
When a virus visits you have you encountered a living organism?
Yes.
Why is it not really correct to call a virus a microbe?
It is incorrect to call a virus a microbe because a microbe is a living organism, while a virus is not. Viruses do not exhibit all the characteristics necessary to be classified as a living organism.
What living thing provides energy for a virus or an organism?
parasites
Why do viruses infect living organisms?
Because the living organism has to replicate the DNA that the virus infects the host with. It can't do this if it is a dead organism.
What organism does the flu virus represent?
The flu virus is a virus. It is a non-living particle that infects living cells, takes over their machinery and makes more of themselves.
Which of these are not a living organism earthworm ecoli virus sea cucumber?
Of all these things, the virus is the only non-living thing. Viruses are not living organisms. E.coli is a bacteria and living.
Why is virus not a kingdom?
Virus' are not living - they cannot exist outside a living organism, and therefore cannot be classified in the same way as other organisms
What is a parasite bacteria or virus?
A parasite is an organism that lives in or on another organism (the host) and benefits from the relationship at the expense of the host. Bacteria and viruses can both be parasites, depending on their interactions with the host organism.
What is the thing both living and non living?
a virus because when it is not in touch with a living organism it is non living but as soon as it gets into touch with a living organism it gets alive though this process may take some time.
What would happen to a virus that never came in contact with a living cell-?
Since a virus can only replicate on a living cell, host cell, it wouldn't be able to reproduce.
