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1.2.3. Characteristics of Life

1.2.3. Characteristics of Life. How do we know if something is alive?. It has organization – cells, tissues, organs, etc. It uses energy Grows and develops Excretes Reproduces Responds to the environment Adapts to the environment. Organisation. Unicellular or multicellular

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1.2.3. Characteristics of Life

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  1. 1.2.3. Characteristics of Life

  2. How do we know if something is alive? • It has organization – cells, tissues, organs, etc. • It uses energy • Grows and develops • Excretes • Reproduces • Responds to the environment • Adapts to the environment

  3. Organisation • Unicellular or multicellular • Specialized structures • Cell is the basic unit of structure and function • If cell structure is damaged its function is also affected

  4. Levels of organisation • Cell • Tissue • Organ • Organ system • Organism • Population • Community • Ecosystem • Biosphere

  5. Energy • All energy for living things can be traced back to the sun (primary source of energy) • Organisms use light energy to see (vision), to make food (photosynthesis), for warmth (respiration) • Plants use sunlight to make food (producers) • Other organisms eat the plants to get energy (consumers)

  6. Learning check How do we know something is alive? • It has organization – cells, tissues, organs, etc. • It uses energy • Grows and develops • Excretes • Reproduces • Responds to the environment • Adapts to the environment

  7. Growth and Development • Growth – increase in size • Development – change in form or shape • Amount of growth varies in different organisms • Nutrition maintains the organisation and growth of living organisms

  8. Nutrition This is the process involved in the making and receiving or the absorption and utilisation of food (energy and materials) from the environment

  9. Sources of Nutrition In Animals: feed on other organisms In Plants: make food by photosynthesis and absorbing chemicals from the environment Energy flow: Sun  Plants Animals

  10. Excretion • Excretion - is the elimination of the waste products of metabolism from a cell, tissue or organ • All living things must get rid of waste material – if it was allowed to accumulate it would become toxic to the organism • A balance must be maintained between their internal and external environments

  11. Methods of excretion Various organised structures involved In Animals: the urinary system, skin, lungs In Plants: the stomata

  12. Learning check • What is meant by nutrition? • This is the process involved in the making and receiving or the absorption and utilisation of food (energy and materials) from the environment

  13. Response and Adaptation • Response = reaction to a stimulus in environment • Adaptation – plants and animals change in response to long-term changes in the environment; these may be passed on to future generations (Charles Darwin)

  14. Methods of response • In Animals: organised structures respond to light, sound, touch, etc. • In Plants: growth towards or away from a stimulus e.g. light, water, fertilisers, etc.

  15. Learning check What is Excretion? • It is the elimination of the waste products of metabolism from a cell, tissue or organ

  16. Reproduction • Life comes from life. • Reproduction is the ability of an organism to produce new individuals of its own kind and pass on genetic information to the next generation. • Necessary for the survival of the species • Offspring can be the same as or different from parent(s)

  17. Methods of reproduction • Asexual: e.g. in bacteria and protista – binary fission (simple division in two) – mitosis • Sexual: e.g. in plants and animals – involves two parents and the production of male and female gametes

  18. Learning check • What is the purpose of reproduction? • To produce new individuals of its own kind and pass on genetic information to the next generation. • Reproduction is necessary for the survival of a species.

  19. Interactions between organisms • There are relationships between organisms living in same habitat • Predator-prey • Symbiosis (Mutualism & Commensalism) • Parasitism • A change in one type of organism can cause other organisms to change • Organisms that can’t adapt fast enough might become extinct

  20. Summary • One characteristic is not enough to qualify something as being alive. • Life involves an interaction between metabolism and continuuity • Metabolism requires an interaction of organisation, nutrition, excretion and behaviour • Continuity requires organisation, nutrition, behaviour and reproduction

  21. Need to know Definition and identification of the "characteristics of life", through fundamental principles and interactions of organisation nutrition, excretion, response and reproduction.

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