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Why are viruses considered to be non-living?

April 26, 2017Biology Mathematics non-living viruses

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Why are viruses considered to be non-living?

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Anonymous Posted

Viruses are ~~some ugly things that need a freakkinn life!~~ They are microscopic organisms that really is small and most of the time lives in a host cell.

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Anonymous Posted

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There are seven life processes that all need to be satisfied in order to classify an object as living: The object must: 1) Feed 2) Grow 3) Move 4) Respire ( Respiration is a chemical reaction that occurs in a cell) 5) Sense 6) Reproduce 7) Excrete A virus only replicates or reproduces when it enters a foreign body. It only moves when inside a foreign body. It doesn’t really do any of the other processes.

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One key requisite of something to be considered a living organism is it must have the ability to replicate itself on its own. A virus needs a living cell in order to replicate. It can’t do so by any means that living organisms can.

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Viruses do not have the typical biological functions of living things. They do not eat or excrete or respire, etc… They have only one function of a living thing – that is, replication. So, they are kind of in between living and non-living.