How do viruses resemble non-living things?
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Viruses are intermediate between living and non-living
objects.
They resemble non-living obJects in
(i) Lacking protoplast.
(ii) Ability to get crystallised.
(iii) High specific gravity which is found only in non-living
objects.
(iv) Absence of respiration and energy storing system.
(v) Absence of growth and division.
(vi) Cannot live independent of a living cell.
They resemble living objects in
(i) Presence of genetic material (DNA or RNA).
(ii) Capable of mutation.
(iii) Irritability.
(iv) Can grow and multiply inside the host cell.