Viruses: Living or Non Living? by melissa

Are viruses alive?

2024-08-28 20:15:42 UTC

I do not think viruses are alive because they do not have a metabolism and don't consume energy outside the cell. The virus does also not consist of cells but it takes over cells.

Sean Morad Block 1

2024-08-29 12:28:16 UTC

I believe that viruses are not alive as they do not move themselves or use any energy of their own. They do however use energy from other living cells but never produce their own energy.

Violeta Vladic Block 1

2024-08-29 12:29:33 UTC

I believe viruses aren't alive because they have to be in a cell to do anything or to have energy. They also can't sustain outside of a cell

Aniela Bl1

2024-08-29 12:31:16 UTC

I do not think viruses are alive because they cannot replicate their own genetic material and have to depend on their host cell.

Madeline Riester Bl. 1

2024-08-29 12:31:27 UTC

I do not believe viruses are alive. They lack energy to sustain themselves outside of a cell. Additionally, they have to infest a cell in order to reproduce.

Sophie Hoge Block 1

2024-08-29 12:31:47 UTC

I think that viruses are not alive because they don't have any cells. The only use they have is to invade another organism to spread their own virus. Also, they don't use any energy and they cannot reproduce on their own, they have to invade another cell to reproduce.

Joe Penny

2024-08-29 12:31:50 UTC

I believe that viruses are not alive because they rely on a host cell and they cannot replicate on there own. They don't use there own energy. They also are unable to respond to stimuli

Mikah Weber Block 1

2024-08-29 12:32:09 UTC

I believe that viruses are not alive because they do not have all characteristics of a living thing by themselves. they cannot maintain homeostasis and they don't use their own energy.

Alex Sheehan: Block 1

2024-08-29 12:33:17 UTC

I believe that viruses are not alive, for many reasons mainly being that they need a host to survive and thats the only way they create energy. If they have no host they have no energy, making them non living.

Kylie Burns Block 1

2024-08-29 12:36:43 UTC

I think that viruses cannot be alive due to the fact that on their own they cannot survive and need a cell to live. Living things have the ability to survive without needing a host. Yes, they do have some qualifying factors to be considered a living organism but the factors shown here say otherwise if they are alive or not.

Maddie Block 1

2024-08-29 12:46:53 UTC

I do not think viruses are alive because they can't live on their own. They rely on other organisms to live.

Bridget Manning Block 1

2024-08-29 12:48:47 UTC

I do not think that virus's are alive as they do not have a nucleus, nor can they sustain themselves on their own. They do not utilize energy either, and just borrow the energy of other living things to reproduce.

Carmelina Crowe Block 1

2024-08-29 12:58:06 UTC

I believe that viruses are not alive because they have some characteristics of living things, but not all and a living thing is able to survive on its own. A virus however cannot, it needs an alive cell to survive.

Tyler Gasperi Block 1

2024-08-29 12:58:41 UTC

I believe viruses are not alive because they do not have all the characteristics of life that you need to have to be alive. They do not use their own energy, and they rely on other organisms to live.

Mikey McHale Blk 1

2024-08-29 12:59:55 UTC

I believe viruses are not alive due to the fact that they do not have all of the characteristics of life and are unable to sustain themselves outside of a cell.

Gia Tibaldi Block 1

2024-08-29 13:04:20 UTC

I believe that viruses are not alive because they need a host cell to become active and they have to use the host energy not their own.

Bella Wooke Block 1

2024-08-29 13:06:27 UTC

I think viruses are not alive, they lack things that many living things have and need. Viruses don't have cells, they can't make energy on their own, and cannot reproduce on their own. If they were alive they would be able to do these things.

Wesley Jacobson Block 2

2024-08-29 14:07:49 UTC

I do not believe that viruses are alive. I think this because they do not have any cells. They have to rely on other organisms to stay alive. They also do not have their own energy and they don't have homeostasis.

Blake Dumermuth Block 1

2024-08-29 14:09:46 UTC

I believe that viruses are nonliving because they do not use their own energy, cannot maintain homeostasis, and cannot reproduce independently. These examples are the characteristics of living things that viruses do not have which is why I think that viruses are not alive.

Brooke Gudin block 2

2024-08-29 14:10:24 UTC

I believe viruses are not alive becuse they do not have all the characteristic of life. They don't have cells and they depend on other organisms to be alive. They also don't use energy or repoduce. they cannot replicate on their own either.

Samantha Wheeler Block 2

2024-08-29 14:11:05 UTC

I do not think viruses are alive. They are not because viruses need a host cell to be active, and they have to use the host energy instead of their own. Without this, they cannot function correctly.

Jake Wojciechowski Block 2

2024-08-29 14:12:24 UTC

I believe that viruses aren't alive because they don't have any cells inside of them, they don't require any energy, and they cannot grow and develop into something.

Greta Mayer Block 2

2024-08-29 14:12:27 UTC

I believe that viruses are not alive because they cannot depend on their selves to live. They also lack a lot of the traits that living things have, and they have to use energy from other cells.

Olivia Sheehan block 2

2024-08-29 14:12:27 UTC

I believe viruses aren't alive because they lack the essential characteristics of living organisms. They also depend on a host for reproduction.

Gia Roberts Block 2

2024-08-29 14:13:31 UTC

I believe that viruses are not alive because they lack many characteristics that living things have. They can't reproduce independently, they don't have cells, and they can't make their own energy. Due to their lack of many things I think that viruses are not considered living things.

Sarah Dulzer Block 2

2024-08-29 14:14:47 UTC

I believe viruses are not living because they rely on the host cell to spread. They also can only spread by manipulating the cell to copy its DNA, so the cell is doing the work.

Casey block 2

2024-08-29 14:16:14 UTC

I do not think viruses are living things. I believe this because they have dont have characteristics that living things do. They cant reproduce, they dont many cells, and they have to use energy from other cells to work.

Ava Canzone Block 2

2024-08-29 14:16:30 UTC

I think viruses aren't alive because they do not use their own energy. They also can't reproduce by themselves and these are 2 big factors to living things. So seeing that they rely on other host cells for things shows they aren't living

Natalie Ziemnik Block 2

2024-08-29 14:20:42 UTC

I do not think viruses are alive because they don't respond to stimuli. They are unable to reproduce by themselves and they don't produce energy. Viruses need a host cell to be active and they rely on this. Without a host cell, viruses would not be able to properly function on their own.

Olivia Penny Block2

2024-08-29 14:25:04 UTC

I believe viruses are not alive. I think this because they are not able to do what living things are able to. For example they can not reproduce, they rely on their host, and only contain their genetic information. In conclusion I do not believe viruses are alive because they cannot function by themselves and do not have characteristics of a living thing.

Reagann Putinski

2024-08-29 14:37:09 UTC

I think that virus are not alive because they rely on another cell and cannot reproduce on their own. They do not respond to stimuli and they don't use their own energy.

Nick Catania Block 3

2024-08-29 16:50:33 UTC

I don't think viruses are alive because because they can't replicate by themselves and need a host to survive and live.

Ellie Beirne Block 3

2024-08-29 16:51:06 UTC

I don't think viruses are alive since they need to rely on host cells to actually reproduce. Without host cells they are nothing and cannot spread or reproduce to create more copies of itself.

mack OSBORNE block 3

2024-08-29 16:52:53 UTC

Viruses are not alive! This is so because they lack the essential qualifications to be living. They dont even use their own energy. Viruses are nothing without another cell to latch on to. they do not reproduce and cant replicate on their own as well. viruses are 100% in my opinion not living!

Lili Armstrong - Block 3

2024-08-29 16:53:14 UTC

I think that viruses are not alive because the only way they can replicate or function is by relying on another living organism.

Danica Miocic block 3

2024-08-29 16:53:35 UTC

I don't think viruses are alive because they need a host cell to reproduce and live. Without host cells they cant make energy on their own, in order for something to be living they need to have these things.

Sarah Boehringer BL 3

2024-08-29 16:55:20 UTC

I think that viruses are not alive because they do not have cells which is the most basic unit of life. They also can't reproduce on their own they need other things to be able to reproduce. They also don't use their own energy and have to rely on other cells to work.

Luke Orris Block 3

2024-08-29 16:55:23 UTC

I dont think viruses are alive since they can only live from host cells and can't reproduce on their own. Viruses can only fucntion properly off of the host cell without it they would not be able to survive.

Natalie Rieger Block 3

2024-08-29 16:55:50 UTC

Viruses are alive! They are able to infect a host and are made of proteins. Rocks aren't made of proteins, fire is not made of proteins! Viruses nonetheless contain RNA or DNA, which all living things contain. Sure they need a host in order to survive, but we humans also need a planet to live on. Viruses main goal is to survive, why else would it replicate if it wasn't alive? They have gotten this far on earth, they have to be alive.

Ellie Heskamp Block 3

2024-08-29 16:57:00 UTC

I belive viruses are not living because they cannot function by themselves. In order to reproduce they rely on a host cell which means they lack one of the most important characteristics of life.

Abby Wysocki Block 3

2024-08-29 16:58:33 UTC

I don't think viruses are alive because they do not have the main characteristics of life.

They do not use their own energy they feed off of the body. They can't reproduce nor do they have cells. Without these main characteristics of life they are not living.

Lily Reginelli block 3

2024-08-29 16:59:28 UTC

I think viruses are not alive because they rely on other cells to reproduce. Without host cells, viruses really can't reproduce. In that case, virus use the host cells for energy which can't be created on their own.

Ann Marie Morgan Block 3

2024-08-29 17:02:38 UTC

I think that viruses are not alive because they are not made up of one or more cells. Viruses rely on other cells or a host in order to be able to function properly and spread. Viruses give off their DNA, but that is only when they attach to the host cell.

Claire R - block 3

2024-08-29 17:03:46 UTC

I believe viruses are not alive, living things have the same characteristics, which viruses lack on. Proving they are not alive.

Aidanellies Marquez block 3

2024-08-29 17:06:23 UTC

I think that viruses are not living because they do not have their own cells. They also can’t reproduce on their own they rely on a host to and for energy.

Joey Del Balso Block 3

2024-08-29 17:18:01 UTC

I do not think viruses are alive. This is because they can't reproduce, they don't contain cells, and they do not contain energy. The examples listed above are all characteristics of living things but viruses lack them.

Grace Taricska Block 2

2024-08-29 17:50:38 UTC

I think that viruses aren't alive because they have to be in a living thing in order to work. They don't really do anything by themselves.

Ian Greenwalt

2024-08-30 00:34:22 UTC

I think viruses aren't living because they don't have all of the characteristics of life and they have to live off of a living thing to survive.

Maeve McGuigan block 5

2024-08-30 12:29:31 UTC

I do not believe viruses are a living thing because they have to rely on something us and cant be independent. They can't reproduce without a host for them and they don't carry all the characteristics living things have.

Zach Keel Block 5

2024-08-30 12:34:09 UTC

I think that viruses aren't alive because they depend on a living thing to stay around. All they are doing is relying on a living thing with one or more cells to help them survive and without a living thing, they have nowhere to live off of. Like how germs can't live on random objects for very long.

Francis Edward Sweeney III Block 5

2024-08-30 12:35:38 UTC

I don't think viruses are alive because they need to feed off of something to reproduce they can't create more by themselves, and they don't have the bare minimum requirements for what is considered a living thing.

Frankie Sargi block 5

2024-08-30 12:36:17 UTC

I think that virus are nonliving. They lack characteristics that living things have including they are unable to reproduce on their own, they can't make there own energy, and they don't have cells. Therefore a virus is not living.

Calista Monreal block 5

2024-08-30 12:38:26 UTC

I believe that viruses are not alive because they have to depend on living things to do their "job". They lack many of the eight characteristics of living things and need a cell to latch on to. Therefore, viruses are not living.

Jason Rossi Block 5

2024-08-30 12:39:51 UTC

I do not think that viruses are alive because while it can reproduce it still cannot survive without a cell. All living this can survive on its own, but a virus needs to find a host to do anything. This is why a virus isn't living.

Mateo Paul Block 5

2024-08-30 12:43:53 UTC

I believe that viruses are not living because as a virus itself it does not contain cells which are the basic unit of life. This means that right away in cannot be classified as a living thing as living things must contain all 8 characteristics of life. Virus's only gain the ability to do anything when in contact with cells. The virus is immobile unless it has something that is living to attach to.

Sophia Snyder Block 5

2024-08-30 12:44:08 UTC

I do think viruses are alive because there are some characteristics that viruses possess that almost make them qualify for being alive.

Kristen Benda Block 5

2024-08-30 12:48:20 UTC

I do not think that viruses are alive. I primarily think that viruses are not alive because they have to latch onto a living cell in order to multiply and use energy. This is the only time they will use those living characterisitcs. By themselves, they lack the characteristics of living things.

Chloe Cherosky Block 5

2024-08-30 12:53:04 UTC

I believe that viruses are not alive because they lack basically all the basic characteristics of life. They rely on other living things or their host to work off of. Without another living organism, they would be useless.

Andrew Liberatore Block 5

2024-08-30 12:53:55 UTC

I believe that viruses are not alive because they get there multiply ability only when they are connected to a living being. Without another organism they would die off.

Alex Ritchie Block 5

2024-08-30 12:57:16 UTC

I believe that viruses are not living because it lacks most of the 8 characteristics of life and they rely on other living things so they can live. That is why viruses are not living.

Josh Alic Block 5

2024-08-30 13:02:14 UTC

I do not think that viruses are alive. I think this because they have to rely on a living thing to be considered alive. If there is no organism to latch on to, then virsuses die off. They also lack some of the 8 characteristics of living.

Sabrina Velotta- block 5

2024-08-30 13:06:17 UTC

I believe that viruses are not living. They do not contain real cells, and it does not display organization which are just to of the basic units of life. To be a living thing, you must contain all 8 characteristics, and viruses do not. The only reason people might become confused on if they are living or not, is because when you get infected with a virus and it is inside of you, then it gains the ability to act as if it is living and do anything. It cannot do anything, and is not living at all unless it is in contact with the body.

Becca Wooke Block 5

2024-08-30 13:08:43 UTC

I think viruses are not alive because they are only considered to be a living thing if they latch on to an organism. Also they can't survive without a cell, or a host. If they don't find a host they can't function or do anything.

Kiera McL Block 6

2024-08-30 13:40:37 UTC

I do not think viruses are living things because they do not have all the characteristics of living things. Viruses wouldn't be able to survive without other living organisms. Therefore, by themselves they would not be living things because they wouldn't have the ability to survive.

Ryder Gorman block 6

2024-08-30 14:15:27 UTC

I belive that viruses are not living because they are unable to consume energy until they are inside of a living cell. Viruses also do not have a metabolism, and cannot multiply without any other living beings, they would just die off.

Alexa Hills Block 6

2024-08-30 14:15:47 UTC

I don't think viruses are alive because they can't reproduce, respond to stimuli, or use energy. To function, the virus needs to latch onto a cell/host first.

John Stilliana

2024-08-30 14:17:07 UTC

I believe that viruses are not living, because they do not have cells and they can only reproduce when put into a cell. A virus can also not utalize energy it is relying on being put into the cell by something.

Jason Rook BL 6

2024-08-30 14:19:39 UTC

I don't think viruses are alive because they need hook on to something to be alive. There are millions of viruses out their just floating around, but they aren't alive. Viruses are like a phone, a phone needs a charger to stay alive and viruses need other living organisms to become alive. Viruses are not alive because they need something else to get on to be alive.

Zach Unetic Block:6

2024-08-30 14:22:24 UTC

I do not believe viruses are living because they stick onto something alive, that does not make them alive. Viruses also don't have cells, so therefore they cannot be alive. They can only reproduce once put into a cell. I do not believe viruses are alive.

Angelo Preziuso

2024-08-30 14:23:15 UTC

i don't think viruses are alive because they dont produce energy. Another reason is because with out cells virises can not reprodues. so no cell n viruses therfor viruses are not living.

Cecilia Pomnean block 6

2024-08-30 14:23:40 UTC

I believe virus' are not real. They do not have all 8 characteristic of life. They can only reproduce when they are put into a cell. They are also very dependent on other things to help.

Living or Non-living?

2024-08-30 14:26:29 UTC

Kayleigh Krebs

Block: #6

I believe that viruses themselves are non-living things. While it can become an organism after infecting a cell, by itself it is not alive. Viruses do not need energy, and they do not grow or develop when they are by themselves.

Ryan Sinkovich Block 6

2024-08-30 14:27:44 UTC

I conclude from my research that viruses are not a living thing. They do not match all of the characteristics of a living thing, they can only reproduce by going inside of a cell

Brandon DiPasquale Block 6

2024-08-30 14:28:05 UTC

I don't think that viruses are alive because they don't have any cells, which is one of the 8 crucial characteristics of a living things. The virus is also unable to do anything without the use of cells in your body, therefore causing them to be non living.

Celia Brewer Block 6:

2024-08-30 14:28:06 UTC

I do not think viruses are alive even though they have some characteristics of a living thing. They do not have cells and can only reproduce if they latch onto another living thing which is either DNA or RNA. Yes viruses get spread around but that is only because they are latched onto other host.

lexie suppes block 6

2024-08-30 14:36:33 UTC

I do not think virus's are alive. They cannot do the things that living things can do. For example, they can't reproduce or use energy. They also rely on a host to survive.

Jake Cater Block 6

2024-08-30 14:38:10 UTC

I do not think viruses are alive. A virus does not have any cells, therefore, it can not be living. without a host to latch onto, viruses themselves would die off. They cannot reproduce by themselves. They need a host to do so. So, viruses are nonliving.

Emma Sobochan Block 6

2024-08-30 14:40:07 UTC

I don't think viruses are alive. While they do have some parts of the main charcteristics of life they don't have all. And the small amount that they do have doesn't matter like for example viruses don't have cells. Cells are a key characteristic in what makes things living or non living. So, no I don't think cells are alive.

Brandon Hemrock Block 6

2024-08-30 14:44:55 UTC

For me, while I find it apparent that viruses do have some support of being considered living, such as obtaining energy from the hosts cell, what it lacks is cells! Which are the basic building blocks of life. With the evidence presented to me at this time, I conclude that viruses are not living.

Gabriel Brokamp block 3

2024-08-30 17:37:48 UTC

I don't think virus are a living thing. One because they don' have cells. Second, Because they can't reproduce also it can't survive without a host. so no they are not living.

Mia Moissis block 8

2024-08-30 18:09:27 UTC

I don't think viruses are alive because it depends entirely on other living thing for it to function. They don’t have the capability to reproduce by themselves, but living things can. They also can't produce energy and can't grow.

Logan Kough block 8

2024-08-30 18:10:51 UTC

I don't think that viruses are living things because they don't do anything unless they attach themselves to a cell. They can't reproduce without a cell. it has no functions whatsoever without a cell.

Will Paskevich Block 8

2024-08-30 18:18:20 UTC

Personally I don't believe a virus is a living thing because they only live by attaching to other things, they don't do anything other if they are not attached to something else so that makes a virus dead and not living, also Miss. Parey said that viruses are like a vacuum cleaner and they only work when plugged in,

Jakob Henderson Block 8

2024-08-30 18:18:45 UTC

I think viruses aren't alive because they can't check all the boxes it takes for an organism to survive. While yes, they do have DNA and RNA, they lack the ability to reproduce on their own. They must be inside of a host organism in order for their form of reproduction to take place.

Hope Lassnick

2024-08-30 18:19:39 UTC

BLOCK 8

I think viruses are not alive at all! viruses are without cells that requires to exist. , viruses cannot reproduce or perform any metabolic processes by themselves they have to invade host cells and utilize their stuff to make copies of themselves Viruses do not ingest food or waste products these functions are usually associated with only living organisms.

Griffin Ebbert Block 8

2024-08-30 18:19:41 UTC

I do not believe that viruses are living. Viruses can do virtually nothing without a cell connected. They cannot reproduce without a cell and they cannot do anything without that cell.

Sam Bottino Block 8

2024-08-30 18:22:10 UTC

I do not think that viruses should be considered living things because in order for them to do anything they must attach to a living cell and then uses that cell to make more of itself. The virus isn't living but it uses living things and their characteristics to better itself.

Estelle Doty

2024-08-30 18:22:41 UTC

I don't think that viruses are alive. They cannot do anything without a cell being attached. If they weren't attached to a cell or another living object then they wouldn't be able to move or do anything. They rely on a host to survive and they only have a few of the 8 characteristics of living objects.

Mia Musarra Block 8

2024-08-30 18:24:17 UTC

I do not think viruses are alive. Although they may pursue a few characteristics of life, they don't pursue them all. Viruses main way of survival is attaching to cells since they don't have any of their own. Cells are the basic unit of life, and without them nothing is living.

Fallon campo block 8

2024-08-30 18:25:20 UTC

I dont think viruses are alive. They only survive by being clung to something else that is living. They rely on a host and dont have much of the characteristics of living. They have DNA and RNA but they dont reproduce of their own. They attach themselves to a cell but aren't made up of cells.

Collin O'Brien Block 8

2024-08-30 18:26:27 UTC

I do not think that viruses are alive because although they show many characteristics of a living organism, they can not operate on their own. this is because they need a host cell to attach to. It was very interesting reading both opinions and reasoning for it. I could go both ways but at the end of the day a cell cannot operate on it's own.

Sydney Andreano- block 8

2024-08-30 18:28:36 UTC

I do not think viruses are living. Viruses need to depend on a cell to be able to be alive. Viruses need cells to be able to reproduce and if there is no cells they can not do anything. They rely on a host to be a living thing and survive. They do not have cells and that is a big part of being a living thing. Viruses do not have all the 8 characteristics of life, so they can not be a living thing.

Marissa Tackla Block 8

2024-08-30 18:28:41 UTC

I do not think a virus is alive because it feeds of living things. They do not have the ability to reproduce and the only way they spread is from other people. If a virus was living it would be able to move, respond to stimuli or reproduce. a virus can not do any of those things to classify as a living thing.

Shachi Shah- Block 8

2024-08-30 18:30:28 UTC

I do not this viruses are living, even though they show characteristics of a living thing. They need to depend on a cell to be alive. They need cells in order to reproduce. Viruses do not have all 8 characteristic's of a living thing so it it not a living thing.

Kyle Nedved-Block 8

2024-08-30 20:56:43 UTC

I do not think viruses are alive because they do not have the most basic characteristic to all living things. The characteristic of having one or more cells. Viruses do not have any cells. They are just DNA in a protective coating. I think viruses are disputed on being alive or not because they make more of themselves by relying on a living thing, the cell.

Roksana Taricska Block 3

2024-09-02 15:40:31 UTC

In my opinion, viruses are not alive. The reason why I do not think they are alive is because they don't have all the characteristics. For example, they can not reproduce by themselves, they need to invade the host to do so. They also do not contain cells.

MJ Busetincan Block 8

2024-09-03 00:13:42 UTC

I believe a virus is non living because it does not have all the components to define a living organism. A virus also cannot reproduce without a host so a virus cannot be a living thing. A virus also uses the hosts energy and do not use their own,

Robby Lipowski block 1

2024-09-03 00:36:10 UTC

I think that viruses are not alive, I believe this because viruses are unable to function by themselves. They also need the energy of another living thing to be able to function. The main reason why I believe viruses, is because viruses only have one cell. When cells are the basic unit of life.

Evan Nipper Block 3

2024-09-03 15:02:09 UTC

I believe Viruses aren't alive because they have to cling onto a cell to function. The only use they have is to invade cells and can't even sustain any energy outside of the cell

Marielle Matz - Block 8

2024-09-04 04:42:42 UTC

I do not think that viruses are alive. I think this because they lack many of the 8 characteristics required for something to be considered alive. They cannot reproduce on their own, they need to first go into a cell.

Charlie O'Dale- Block 6

odalecp27 — 2024-09-04 12:42:15 UTC

I do not think that viruses are alive because they barely have any of the characteristics to be a living organism. They can't reproduce by themselves. They also are just DNA with a protective coating. They need another cell to be able to live.

Laszlo Barabas Block 1

2024-11-20 13:31:04 UTC

Viruses are non-living as they do not reproduce and would not survive without the basic unit of life, the cell. If the virus were alive, it would not need the cell to survive and reproduce.