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Year 10 science homework help needed

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weebleswobble · 09/09/2008 17:36

In which abiotic kingdom does a virus belong in?

Ds1 searching the net but can't find the answer. TIA

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snuffy143 · 09/09/2008 17:44

Am a Science teacher...never heard of an abiotic kingdom. Kingdoms are plants, animals, bacteria, fungi and protoctista (dustbin group...one where anything that doesn't fit first 4 go!). But all are living organisms...i.e. biotic. Abiotic is non-living. There is argument that viruses are non-living as they have to invade host cells and take over their metabolism to carry out life processes. Sorry not to be more help...will keep thinking.

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Blandmum · 09/09/2008 17:49

It isn't alive

Abiotic means not alive. Not sure that they are subdivided.

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TheFallenMadonna · 09/09/2008 17:50

Never heard of it.

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TheFallenMadonna · 09/09/2008 17:50

Well, heard of abiotic of course, but not an abiotic kingdom.

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SqueakyPop · 09/09/2008 17:53

Abiotic is the opposite of living, as asymmetric is the opposite to symmetric.

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weebleswobble · 09/09/2008 18:51

I think he's worded the question incorrectly. It's which kingdom, not which abiotic kingdom. He now thinks it doesn't belong to any kingdom and that's the answer the teacher is looking for. Would that make sense snuffy?

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