possess transmittable characters
move from one place to another
respond to stimulation
ingest food materials
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There is some debate among scientists as to whether or not viruses should be considered living organisms. Viruses are tiny infectious agents that rely on living cells to multiply. They may use an animal, plant, or bacteria host to survive and reproduce1. A virus that is outside of a host cell is known as a virion.
In general, scientists use a list of criteria to determine if something is alive. Let’s look at some traits of living things and see if viruses also have those traits. Living things have cells. Viruses do not have cells. They have a protein coat that protects their genetic material (either DNA or RNA). But they do not have a cell membrane or other organelles (for example, ribosomes or mitochondria) that cells have.
Living things reproduce. In general, cells reproduce by making a copy of their DNA. Unlike cells, viruses do not have the tools to make a copy of their DNA. But they have found other ways to make new viruses. This is done by inserting virus genetic material into a host cell. This causes the cell to make a copy of the virus DNA, making more viruses.
So based on this information, it seems that option A would be the most accurate answer to your question.
this answer is very wrong!
A is d corrct answer.
viruses are regarded as living organisms becos they posses characters whch can be transmitd 4rm one generatn 2anoda and also they reproduce when present in living cells
First seen as poisons, then as life-forms, then biological chemicals, viruses today are thought of as being in a gray area between living and nonliving: they cannot replicate on their own but can do so in truly living cells because they possess transmittable characters and can also affect the behavior of their hosts profoundly.
its very wrong, viruses are considered to be living organisms because they respond to stimulation
