Posted: August 12th, 2016

Briefly describe each of the nine properties and discuss how things like a virus, prion, and viroid canreproduce, but are not considered to be alive.

Briefly describe each of the nine properties and discuss how things like a virus, prion, and viroid canreproduce, but are not considered to be alive. Address the question: how can things like these that are notconsidered to be alive “evolve”?In order for something to be considered alive, part of its behaviors, life history and/or traits should fulfill each ofthe nine properties of life. The first property of life is order, or the ability of an organism to function and maintainhomeostasis.