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Question:

Why are viruses considered nonliving but bacteria are considered living? Give two reasons.

Response:

Viruses
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reproduce outside of a host and
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made of cells.

Bacteria
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reproduce on their own and
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made of cells.

1 Answer

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  • Bacteria can reporduce both Outside the host as well as inside the host and they are made of cells.
  • Virus can only reproduce inside the host and outside they are almost dead.They are not made of cells

So

viruses are not considered as living

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