The flu short for influenza is caused by a virus and there i

The flu (short for influenza) is caused by a virus and there is some controversy in the scientific community regarding whether or not viruses are alive. Perhaps you can solve that mystery by answering the below Qs:

1) What are the characteristics required for something to be considered alive?
2 ) Does the VIRUS meet/satisfy any of these characteristics? How?
3) How would you apply the scientific method to determine whether or not they are alive?

Solution

1).

The nine characteristics of a living being include,

1). Growth (the energy produced through metabolism is used for the growth of the organism)

2). Reproduction (The existence of the population is maintained by means of reproduction)

3). Maintenance of homeostatic conditions (It is a vital characteristic of living being, which is essential to carryout metabolic activities).

4). Metabolic activity (energy needed for the survival is generated through the metabolic activities)

5). Motility (plants also turn their growth direction towards the direction of sunlight, and seed dispersal is also a form of mobility)

6). Irritability or responsiveness towards the surrounding environment

7). Heredity (passing genomic information from one generation to the other)

8). Evolution (giving rise to newer species)

      9). Adaptation (adaptation to the surrounding environment).