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Why Are Viruses Alive

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There has been arguments about whether viruses are alive or not. Some say viruses are not alive because they are not made of cells, which means that viruses should not be living. My group believes that viruses are alive, because living things have multiple and different levels of organization, living things adapt to their environment, and living things reproduce.
Evolution and adaptation happen through mutations to help living things adapt to an environment that they weren’t used to before the mutation. Living things reproduce, because they have urges from nature to pass its genes. Living things have different and multiple levels of organization because of life’s complicated idea. Viruses are alive, because living things have different
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