Viruses are not living because?
-they are made of cells
-they cannot synthesize dna or rna
- they cannot reproduce on their own
- they do not contain a cell membrane

they cannot reproduce on their own.

Explanation:

Viruses are infectious ultramicroscopic particles formed by nucleic acid (s), DNA and/or RNA, surrounded by a protein envelope, which is sometimes coated with a lipid membrane called capsid. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells have both types of nucleic acids to metabolize and reproduce.

Viruses do not replicate independently of cells, and in the extracellular environment, they are characterized by a mature infectious form, the virion, a complete, fully developed viral particle. The human being lives with the viruses since birth, but  some situations, professions, social circumstances and certain  Personal habits increase the likelihood of the individual  contact certain types of viruses.  Poor hygiene and coexistence in crowded places can be a constant source of viral infections, especially due to organisms  disseminated through the respiratory and fecal-oral routes.

i believe it is "they are not used up by reactions" as the answer to your question, text me back if this is correct because i just learned this.

small, big, or no change could occur in the phenotype. it could cause something as simple as a cats ears to curl backwards or something as frighting as death. it could also occur in the protien-coding area and have an effect on that but no effect on the amino acids. what has to occur is a changing in the hox gene or the control gene.