Pd. 3 Viruses: Are They Among the Living?! by Jennifer Homoki https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf Post a comment on if you think viruses should be considered alive or not and use data from our discussions/notes to back up your claim. Then respond to at least one other person, either elaborating on their claim or asking them a question. en-us 2017-09-21 12:31:23 UTC 2025-11-08 03:39:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Soccerball.png Viruses are not alive 21atheuret https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194299893 I think that viruses should be considered not alive because they can't reproduce without a host cell. also they can not use energy by themselves, another reason is that they don't have cells which are the basic unit of life.]]> 2017-10-05 13:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194299893 What I Think About Viruses 21jbarton https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194300348  I think that viruses are not living because it does not have the all 7 characteristics of life. Such as it cannot reproduce without killing a cell, and it can not do its actions without the cell, and the body. How I can support my claim is the fact that most scientists believe that they are not alive because they cannot reproduce.

]]> 2017-10-05 13:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194300348 I would classify viruses as nonliving. I would believe this partially because of the evidence such as the fact that the virus relies on the host cell, and partially because the fact that cars don't live, but are controlled by humans to make them appear alive. 21asensenig https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194300674 2017-10-05 13:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194300674 Viruses. Alive or Not? 21ptaylor https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194300681 I believe that viruses should be classified as alive. The article gave reasons to explain how it could be alive and how it could not be alive. The way I see it, a virus is like a seed. If you don't plant it, it won't grow. If the virus isn't in the host cell, it doesn't do anything. Although a virus can't react or do anything without a host cell, it still has the potential to do things.]]> 2017-10-05 13:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194300681 Viruses 21kjohnson11 https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301059 I think viruses should be considered alive because they spread and move around in the body.

]]> 2017-10-05 13:37:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301059 Viruses are alive 21jcasey https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301079 why I believe viruses are alive and facts that support my claim. virus are theoretically alive because like life they reproduce in there own special way and should not be decimated that thy at life because of there form of doing this. they do not need to eat maybe because as they are born they have foo preemptively stored in them. also as some people say, they don't need to use energy just like human do when they are in a car viruses use the cell as a ''car'' and don't need to use energy like most creatures do. but they still use this cell and force it to make genetic copy's of its body allowing there species to evolve and change over time and well rocks don't change to have spike and diamond outer coating to protect its self from miners or other things like algae and moss that erode them. virus have evolved to ""hunt"" a specific life form called cell and are fundamentally only able to show more characteristics when they have come in contact and taken a host cell as there copying device. they have Dna that all forms of life have and even these do except they dot have cells. maybe because they are there own form of cell that has evolved over time to live life on its own which would make sense because cell are always in danger so they evolved to have a better chance at survival then cells. I also think this because they ""know"" about the cell its going for so maybe at one point its evolution came from one of those and are evolved to find and ""hunt"" these life forms. these life forms have evolved to adapt to there surroundings they are alive cause they are a big role in our life on earth and comes as a package with this world. this is why I think ]]> 2017-10-05 13:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301079 Are Viruses Classified as living or Non-Living? 21mrivera https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301084 I think viruses are non-living because it depends on a host cell to reproduce and function. It is not made up of cells like most living things are.]]> 2017-10-05 13:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301084 Viruses 21jfreed https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301097 They don't have cells, can not reproduce and or move on their own, can not take in energy on there own, they can not do anything on there own. They are a car with no driver they need help to do anything at all they don't seem to be alive to me.]]> 2017-10-05 13:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301097 21gmacon https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301199 I don't think viruses should be classified as living or non-living. I think viruses should be put in a special category where they're not alive or non-living. Since, like the author said, "In the scientific community it's still an open-ended question", and this would solve that question. So, they could be alive and non-living or neither.]]> 2017-10-05 13:37:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301199 Viruses are alive 21kmoyer https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301277 I think they are alive because they use energy and they reproduce and they also respond to the environment, even though they only reproduce through the host cells I still think viruses are a live.



 
]]> 2017-10-05 13:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301277 Viruses: Living or Non-Living? 21qbechtel https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301312 I believe that viruses are on the boundary between living and non-living things. They can reproduce, but only when they are attached to a host cell. They do respond to the environment, and they can evolve their DNA/RNA over time. I feel like viruses are similar to babies in the womb because they cannot show these characteristics of life on their own, the only difference being that viruses cannot do anything on their own outside of a host cell.]]> 2017-10-05 13:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301312 Viruses 21bsmyth https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301376 I believe that viruses are neutral because there is half of evidence of it being living but it needs the host cell, and there is half of evidence of it being non-living because it can't do anything without the host cell. Viruses are between alive and not alive in my opinion.]]> 2017-10-05 13:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301376 Viruses. Alive or Not 21tmidkiff https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301409 I believe they are not alive because they cannot do things on there own without a host cell]]> 2017-10-05 13:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301409 Viruses 21mdonar https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301467 Viruses are living because they have DNA and must gain energy. they do reproduce even though it uses a host cell it still reproduce. ]]> 2017-10-05 13:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301467 Viruses Alive or Not 21kriosbaez https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301792 I think it would not be alive because viruses are not cells. It controls the host cells to have energy to reproduce, so it cant do things by itself it need help. it needs host cells to live, without the host cells it cannot do anything by themselves.]]> 2017-10-05 13:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301792 Are Viruses Alive or Not 21rholifield https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301848 I think viruses should not be considered as living because ALL living things have the 7 characteristics of being alive but a virus does not.]]> 2017-10-05 13:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194301848 21ssprout https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194303679 I believe that viruses are nonliving because they cant do anything on there own. The host cell helps it grow, use energy, ect]]> 2017-10-05 13:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194303679 Are viruses living or non living? 21dfinnegan https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194304152 I believe that viruses are living because it might not breath or eat, but viruses do contain DNS and RNA that are covered by protein coats. Viruses are also most well to respond to the environment and reproduce. As long as viruses are inside a humans body and the human is living, then viruses are living things.]]> 2017-10-05 13:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194304152 21ereed https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194305711  I believe virus are living due to the fact that they show characteristics of life. The adapt , evolve ,and reproduce. On top of that we use when we get vaccinations we are given a "dead" form of that virus. For example the flu vaccination doctors give the dead flu virus to build an immunity to it. The question is how can it be considered nonliving if we are given a dead vision of it. Also it doesn't make sense to say if it is nonliving to inject it into our body because we don't want infectious particles in our body. That's why I believe it's living. ]]> 2017-10-05 13:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194305711 21bsmyth https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194317697 2017-10-05 14:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/3tdv0rslv0kf/wish/194317697