Living things share 8 characteristics (listed in Chapter 1 of your textbook on page 19). A living thing grows, undergoes metabol
ism, responds to its environment, reproduces, passes DNA to the next generation, maintains homeostasis, changes over time, and is made up of cells. A non-living thing may seem to do one or more of these things, but to be classified as living; all eight characteristics must be present. Sometimes, you may see something that seems alive but is not. Though you can’t see it, you have likely experienced it; one of those things is a virus.Answer BOTH of the following questions:Using all 8 of the characteristics that define life, indicate which one(s) viruses have and which one(s) they do not, and explain each difference.With these results, present an argument that a virus is a living thing. Then, present the opposite argument that viruses are not alive.
Answer: A virus is a living thing and non living thing
Explanation:A virus is posses a genetically material known as DNA and it becomes a living thing when it comes in contact with a living host. A virus in a living host disrupt the genetic material thereby replicating or mutating several clones of its DNA and controlling all living activity of the host.
2. Outside the body of a host, a virus is non living because it forms crystals outside the body of a living host.
Mosses or lichens are the group of species have great impact on the long term dynamics of succession if they develop resistance against fire events because these species can used the ashes of other plants as a nutrients for their growth and development. These group of species spread at a higher rate which covers most of the area of the forest and become a dominant species in the forest. Due to the presence of these species, the organisms who feed on these species comes to these forest and slowly the diversity of the forest is attained.
True. A protein becomes functional only when it reaches its tertiary shape (3D). It is not necessary for the protein to reach the quaternary stage, but that is just a more complex functioning protein. It really is just two tertiary merged together. Example is red blood cells.
