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Characteristics of Life
What’s the Big Idea
All Living Things Share Similar Characteristics of Life in Common
Learning Target
I can describe the characteristics of life shared by all living things.
• Living Thing = Organism
• Living Thing =Orgasm
Physical Body Structures
1. CELLS
2. GENETIC MATERIAL
LIFE PROCESSES
1. OBTAIN ENERGY
2. RESPIRATION
3. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
4. MOVEMENT
5. RESPOND TO STIMULI
6. MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS
7. METABOLISM
8. EXCRETION
9. REPRODUCTION
10. EVOLUTION
Same processes, different methods
Fish Gills
Human Lungs
Roach Spiracles
1. CELLS
1. Cells are the smallest units of life.Living
Not Living
1. CELLS
2. There are Two Major Types of Cells
* Prokaryotic
* Eukaryotic
•Each organism is made of only one cell type
PROKARYOTIC CELLS• No organelles surrounded by membranes
• Chromosomes not stored in a nucleus.
• Only bacteria made of this cell type
EUKARYOTIC CELLS• Have organelles surrounded by membranes
• Chromosomes stored in nucleus
• Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists
made of this cell type
1. CELLS
2. Unicellular –
Organism made of one cell
ex. Bacteria
3. Multicellular –
Organism made of many cells
ex. Animals, plants
1. CELLS
4. Eukaryotic cells of multicellular organisms develop specialized jobs through the process of differentiation.
Ex. Skin cells, blood cells, nerve cells
2. GENETIC MATERIAL
1. Each cell contains a copy of the genetic code
2.Genetic code determines:
a. Body Structure and Functions
b. Some personality traits
3. Two types of genetic codes:
DNA – DeoxyriboNucleic Acid
RNA – RiboNucleic Acid
2. GENETIC MATERIAL
All living things have DNA – it’s the universal genetic code
DNA is passed from one generation to the next through
reproduction
OBTAIN ENERGY
1. Energy is needed to power all life processes
2. Food provides energy (E)
OBTAIN ENERGY
2 Methods of Obtaining E rich food molecules
1.Autotrophs – Capture sunlight or chemical energy to make their own food molecules
(ex. Plants, algae, some bacteria)
2. Heterotrophs – Feeds on living or dead organisms or their products (honey,nectar,dung)
(ex. Animals, fungi, non-algae protists)
RESPIRATION
Two Meanings:
1.Gas exchange between organism and environment (lungs, gills, cell membrane)
2. Cellular process by which E is released from the breakdown of food molecules.
Aerobic Respiration – Cell must have oxygen
Anaerobic Respiration –Cell doesn’t use oxygen
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Growth is the result of cells dividing to make new cells (cell division)
Some cells become specialized and perform different jobs than others (cell differentiation)
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
2. Development – orderly series of changes that result from genetic expression.
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
3. Even though they may live a long time…..All living things eventually die
MOVEMENT
1. Organisms use different methods
of locomotion to move.
2. Plant movements are called tropisms.
Phototropism – movement toward light
Gravitropism – movement in response
to gravitational pull
RESPOND TO ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI
Stimuli - factors in the environment that living things react to
(ex. Light, sound, temperature)
Response – physiological or behavioral reaction to stimulus. (ex. sweat)
HOMEOSTASIS
1.Processes that maintain constant conditions inside an organism’s body.
2.All body's systems work together to maintain homeostasis. Essential to survival.
3.Makes sure temperature, pH (acidity), and oxygen levels (and many other factors) are set just right for your cell survival.
4.Homeostasis levels are different for each species.
HOMEOSTASIS
Ex. Human body temperature stays at
~ 98.6 degrees F
Thermoregulation
Ex. Blood Sugar Levels
High blood sugar triggers insulin release which helps cells take in sugar
Too little, stored sugar is released from liver to blood.
Diabetes – results from homeostasis failure
METABOLISM
1. All the chemical reactions that occur in the body
Ex. Photosynthesis, Cell Respiration, Digestion
Amazingly, many of these reactions are the same in different organisms.
EXCRETION
1. All organisms produce wastes as byproduct of their metabolism. Wastes are poisons that must be removed.
• Animals – urine, feces, sweat, CO2
lungs, skin, kidneys• Plants – O2 through leaf stoma• Unicellular organisms – excrete directly
through cell membrane
REPRODUCTION
Organisms produce more of their own kind by passing down DNA to their offspring through reproduction.
REPRODUCTION
Sexual - two sex cells required (sperm and egg)
Asexual - only one parent cell is needed
Bacterial binary fission
EVOLUTION
Evolution - change in a population of organisms over time
Individuals DO NOT evolve
Changes that result in adaptations for survival are naturally selected for.
Types of Adaptations
Physical / Anatomical (Body Structure)
Types of Adaptations
Physiological (Body processes)
Wood Frog
Poison Ivy
Rattlesnake
Types of Adaptations
Behavioral Monarchs
Wood frogs mating
Sage Grouse
Summary
Although there is great diversity among all the different living things, the characteristics of life unifies them as being alive.
Unity – Characteristics of Life
Diversity – Ways in which the structures and processes of organisms differ
Cool Down
A friend (who didn’t pass Biology) is trying to tell you that fire is alive. Use what you have learned to convince them otherwise. Write out what you would say to them.