ARE VIRUSES LIVING OR NON-LIVING TBHINGS
WHAT 'S IS LIFE 
Life must be defined as theorganismic state charasterized by the capacity for metobolism

WHAT' S ARE VIRUSES 
Viruses are small infectious agents that replicates only inside of other organisms.
Viruses are microscopic parasites , generally much smaller than bacteria.
They lack the capacity to thrive and reproduce outside of a host body

ARE VIRUSES LIVING OR NON-LIVING THINGS 
Viruses are conventionally DNA or RNA coated with a variety of coat proteins and
other Biomolecules such as phospholipids . However , they cannot reproduce , not until
they attack and succesfully invade a living cell , wich could be a simple bacterium or
a human cell















SO HOW DOES A VIRUS REPRODUCE
It enters the host cell and integrates in DNA winth hot 's DNA .
If the virus has RNA asit 's genetic material , then an enzyme called Reverse Transcriptase
turns the viral RNA into DNA wich then then goes on to integrate wint the host cell 's DNA.
The viral DNA may not even divide immediately and may go yo a temporary rest phase
called The Lygogenic Cycle .

SOME EXAMPLES OF VIRUS 
Are the coronavirus , the herpes virus , the hepatitis C virus , the small pox virus and the
influenza virus




ALEJANDRA SUAREZ