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Here are 10 examples showing characteristics of life: 1. A plant growing taller over time (growth) 2. A bird building a nest and laying eggs (reproduction) 3. White blood cells attacking a pathogen in the body (response to stimuli/irritability) 4. A deer running away when startled (locomotion) 5. Cells undergoing respiration and breaking down food (metabolism) 6. A cut healing over time (growth and repair) 7. A baby developing from a single cell to a fully formed organism (development) 8. A wolf pack hunting cooperatively (coordination and integration) 9. Bacteria multiplying rapidly under ideal

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Here are 10 examples showing characteristics of life: 1. A plant growing taller over time (growth) 2. A bird building a nest and laying eggs (reproduction) 3. White blood cells attacking a pathogen in the body (response to stimuli/irritability) 4. A deer running away when startled (locomotion) 5. Cells undergoing respiration and breaking down food (metabolism) 6. A cut healing over time (growth and repair) 7. A baby developing from a single cell to a fully formed organism (development) 8. A wolf pack hunting cooperatively (coordination and integration) 9. Bacteria multiplying rapidly under ideal

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Prepared by:

Avegail F. Tandog
Concept of Life

What makes
life amazing?
Concept of Life
Life of earth began more
than 3 billion years ago,
evolving from the most basic
of microbes into a dazzling
array of complexity over
time.
Concept of Life

But how did the first


organisms on the only known
home to life in the universe
develop from the primordial
soup?
Life and living things, including the
laws that govern the phenomena of
life the study of life itself, is a vast
subject, with many sub-disciplines
that concentrate on a specific aspects
of biology.
Every aspect of life from the
smallest submicroscopic living
particle to the largest and
most imposing of plant and
animal species is included.
Natural
Science Life Science
Physical Science
Physics Botany
Chemistry
Earth and Space Science
Zoology
Geology
Astronomy
Genetics
Meteorology
Oceanography
Ecology
According to method or According to type of
aspect of study organisms
1. Anatomy- dissection of body parts 1. Botany- plants
2. Biogeography- distribution of living 2. Entomology- insects
things
3. Ichthyology- fishes
3. Cytology- cell
4. Ecology- interactions and relationships
4. Microbiology- microorganisms
within an ecosystem 5. Mycology- fungi
5. Embryology- development of the embryo 6. Parasitology- parasites
6. Evolution- origin of species 7. Zoology- animals
7. Histology- tissues 8. Ornithology- birds
8. Physiology- functions
9. Helminthology- worms
9. Taxonomy- classifications
10. Virology- virus
10. Pathology- diseases
It is usually easy to
recognize life, but it is
often much harder to
define it.
All living things are made of
cells.
Some organisms are unicellular
and consist of only a single cell
that carries out all life processes.
Other organisms are
multicellular and are
composed of many cells
which perform specialized
and specific functions.
A living entity, regardless of
its structure, size, or behavior
is an organism that possesses
characteristic that most
biologists have agreed upon.
Biology is the
scientific study
of life
Biologists ask
questions such
as….
How does a
single cell develop
into an organism?
How does the
human mind
work?
How do living
things interact in
communities?
Life defies a
simple, one-
sentence definition
Life is recognized
by what living
things do
Characteristics of Life

Locomotion
Characteristics of Life

Irritability
Characteristics of Life

Metabolism
Characteristics of Life

Growth
Characteristics of Life

Reproduction
Characteristics of Life

Cellular
organization
Characteristics of Life

Adjustment
Characteristics of Life

Integration
Characteristics of Life

Coordination
Irritability

Living things react,


or respond, to their
environment.
Irritability
The ability to respond
to an environment
stimulus.
Irritability
It is the ability of living things to
react to the factors of the
environment such as life,
temperature, pressure, tension,
chemicals, and gravity.
Irritability

The sunflower,
responds to light
by facing the sun
Locomotion

The ability of
organisms to
move.
Locomotion

Organisms have structures


such as the cilia, flagella,
pseudopodia, and muscles
which help them to move.
Metabolism

The sum total of the


chemical reactions
taking place in an
organism.
Growth

The increase in
size and number
of cells.
Growth

It is also called
intussusception
Reproduction

The ability of living


things to produce new
individuals closely
resembling them.
Figure 1.4j

Molecules Atoms
Figure 1.4i

Organelles
Figure 1.4h

Cells
Figure 1.4g

Tissues
Figure 1.4f

Organs and
organ systems
Figure 1.4e

Organisms
Figure 1.4d

Populations
Figure 1.4c

Communities
Figure 1.4b

Ecosystems
Figure 1.4a

The biosphere
Figure 1.4
The biosphere
Tissues
Ecosystems
Organs and
organ systems

Communities
Cells
Organelles

Organisms Atoms

Populations Molecules
Cellular Organization

Parts and functions


of the cells in an
organism
Adjustment, Integration and
Coordination

The ability of living


organism to live in
harmony with other
organisms in the
environment .
Adjustment, Integration and
Coordination

It can make
adjustments which
call for adapting itself
in a given situation.
Adjustment, Integration and
Coordination

By process of
integration, an organism
can act harmoniously
with and relate itself to
the environment.
Give 10 examples
of situations or
scenarios showing
the characteristics
of life.

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