Question

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What is your opinion? Do you think viruses should be classified as life? Why or why not? Provide your answer in a 4-5 6th grader words simple no symbols, sentence paragraph in the word processor below. Support your answer with evidence from the text. 1st pov

Answer 1

I think viruses are not fully alive. The text says viruses cannot grow or make their own energy. The text also says they must enter a living cell to copy themselves. Because they need a host and are not made of cells I do not call them full living things. I do think they act alive when they infect and change over time.