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    Scientists have debated whether viruses are alive because while viruses take over cells to replicate, they do not perform fundamental living processes like consuming energy, respiring, or metabolizing. According to several sources, living things must obtain and use energy, but viruses do not consume or produce their own food and energy, leading to the conclusion that viruses are not themselves living organisms.

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    Scientists have debated whether viruses are alive because while viruses take over cells to replicate, they do not perform fundamental living processes like consuming energy, respiring, or metabolizing. According to several sources, living things must obtain and use energy, but viruses do not consume or produce their own food and energy, leading to the conclusion that viruses are not themselves living organisms.

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    Scientists have debated whether viruses are alive because while viruses take over cells to replicate, they do not perform fundamental living processes like consuming energy, respiring, or metabolizing. According to several sources, living things must obtain and use energy, but viruses do not consume or produce their own food and energy, leading to the conclusion that viruses are not themselves living organisms.

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    Are Viruses Alive?


    Many scientists have debated if a virus is alive or not. A virus by make copies by taking
    over another cell. A virus does not make or eat food for energy. According to Buzzle all
    living organisms need energy to develop, grow, repair, and reproduce. Science of
    Learning hub lists respite as one of the seven characteristics of life. A virus does not
    respire. In the video of Characteristics of Life by Mark Drollinger he states that living
    things need energy. A virus does not consume food and does not use any energy. The
    conclusion is a virus is not a living thing.

    http://www.buzzle.com/articles/characteristics-of-life.html
    https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/14-characteristics-of-living-thingsb
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuUzQW29Aw8

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