Cards (4)

  • Viruses are not part of any classification system due to not being considered living things.
  • Viruses do not carry out the seven life processes for themselves; instead, they take over a host cell’s metabolic pathways to make multiple copies of themselves.
  • Virus structure contains only a genetic material (RNA or DNA) inside a protein coat.
    • Example of virus structure below (No mitochondria or ribosomes)