Literally all I have is humor
The object's mass. Weight would be how gravity affected it, size is how large it is, density is how tightly the molecules are to each other. Mass is how much matter is in the object.
Im going to start off with an example:
A seed may not be considered, Yet it has potential for life and it may be destroyed. In this regard, viruses resemble seeds more than they do live cells.They have a certain potential which can be snuffed out, but they do not attain the more autonomous state of life.
So for your answer.
Yes: Viruses have the potential to life. And can flourish.
Or
No: Viruses can be destroyed. Which means it will not get the potential to life.
But
There are always more viruses to the potential to life, some may be destroyed and some may get the potential to life.
Hope This Helped!
I know the method that will help you to do it by yourself. Try to search a soft that builds diagrams online. By the first link you will get the soft you need. Or use excel to build it. Just enter meanings to a columns and then use Excel's tools to build any kind of diagrams.