https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7 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 12:31:02 UTC 2017-10-05 13:14:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Soccerball.png 21jhosby https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194273457 I think Viruses are living because it has most of the 7 types of character traits to be titled a living thing. I think viruses are living because it takes in energy, reproduce, and they are made out of a cell.]]> 2017-10-05 12:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194273457 21cdrayer https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194273536 I believe that viruses can be alive because as soon as they come in contact with a host cell, it acts as a living thing because they are able to reproduce, act on its own, and acquire "energy". Also, it has a strand of RNA or DNA that has another characteristic of a living thing. ]]> 2017-10-05 12:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194273536 21cscott https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194273588 I think that viruses are not alive. They may show most of the characteristics of life, but they need a "host cell". For something to be considered alive, they need to show the the characteristics on their own, which a virus cannot do. They need to display all of the 
characteristics of life on their own.]]> 2017-10-05 12:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194273588 21bchambers https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194273609 I think viruses are non-living organisms. Some non-living organisms may have one or more of the characteristics of living organisms but not all of them. All living things are made up of cells, but viruses do not have cells. Viruses need the help of a living cell so that it may function, they need a host cell to live and reproduce. Also, viruses doesn't grow and they also do not need food. ]]> 2017-10-05 12:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194273609 21lwildman https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194273915 2017-10-05 12:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194273915 21sdoolincarr https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194274055 In my opinion, I believe viruses are not classified as alive. I say this because they do not grow. Although they do perform some of the seven characteristics of living, they cannot do it on their own. And lastly, they cannot reproduce without the help of the host cell, and living things reproduce. So all in all, they are not a living thing.]]> 2017-10-05 12:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194274055 21nkarim https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194274291


]]> 2017-10-05 12:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194274291 21kriveraramos https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194274687 Viruses can be considered alive because they are able to reproduce

]]> 2017-10-05 12:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194274687 21nkarim https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194274971 2017-10-05 12:53:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194274971 21vbaker1 https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194275236 2017-10-05 12:54:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194275236 21nkarim https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194275527 2017-10-05 12:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194275527 21lwildman https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194275674 if a virus consumes energy through a host cell where does it rid of its waste? does it even eat?]]> 2017-10-05 12:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194275674 21nkarim https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194275965 2017-10-05 12:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194275965 21kriveraramos https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194277367 a virus is little more than a strand of DNA or RNA covered by protein]]> 2017-10-05 12:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194277367 21kriveraramos https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194279592 they should also be considered alive because they have genetic material and RNA]]> 2017-10-05 13:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194279592 21nkarim https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194280212 2017-10-05 13:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194280212 21kriveraramos https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194280674 They can't do the seven characteristics on their own]]> 2017-10-05 13:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194280674 21nkarim https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194280786 2017-10-05 13:06:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194280786 21nkarim https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194281337 So they should be NON-Living ]]> 2017-10-05 13:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194281337 21bchambers https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194283667 Living things have to be able to: Reproduce, Obtain and use energy, Grow, Develop, and Die, Respond to the environment. 

]]> 2017-10-05 13:11:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194283667 21kriveraramos https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194283748 Do viruses react?]]> 2017-10-05 13:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194283748 21kriveraramos https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194284435 Viruses are not classified as living or non-lving. They grow and cause you sickness but that's about it ......]]> 2017-10-05 13:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jhomoki/jckpr49u0bt7/wish/194284435