Whats Living, whats Non-living

Living

Composed of matter
Organized in atoms
Living on Earth
Engaging metabolism
Engaging
reproduction
DNA present

Non-Living

Composed of matter
Organized in atoms
Living on Earth
Not engaging
metabolism
Not engaging
reproduction
DNA absent

Whats Living, whats Non-living

Metabolism?
How living organisms
master to live.
Metabolism is the ability
to acquire, use and
transform energy in order
to perform cellular
functions, to grow, and to
reproduce

Whats Living, whats Non-living

Living on Earth?

Whats Living, whats Non-living

How about
viruses?

Whats Living, whats Non-living

DNA present?

Shared Characteristics of Life

Life emerges at the level of cells, which are organized units
of life

Shared Characteristics of Life

Common Features of Cells
Cells can exist as independent organisms.
Cells are composed of macromolecules that
participate in identical or similar metabolic
processes or chemical reactions.
In all cells, genes are stored in DNA written in
the same chemical code
All cells use the machinery of DNA transcription
and RNA translation to produce protein
molecules

Shared Characteristics of Life

Common Features of Cells

Shared Characteristics of Life

Common Features of Cells

Shared Characteristics of Life

Common Features of Cells
Pancreatic Secretory Cell

Shared Characteristics of Life

Living organisms are organized in a certain fashion

1) Biosphere: all the

environments on Earth
inhabited by life
2) Ecosystem: made of nonliving and living components
deserts, prairies
3) Community: all the
organisms living in a particular
ecosystem
4) Population: all the
individuals of a specie living in
a specific area human
population
5) Organism: an individual
living entity a bird

Shared Characteristics of Life

Living organisms are organized in a certain fashion
An organism is
constituted by several
organ systems
Organ systems include
several organs
Organs are made of
different tissues
A tissue is an
arrangement of cells
Cell parts are made of
macromolecules

Which group is correctly arranged

according to size?
1. Organ< organism<
tissue
2. Organ system< organ<
tissue
3. Cell< tissue< organ
4. Tissue< organism< cell

Shared Characteristics of Life

Living organisms are interdependent
Producers (plants and
other chemo- or
photosynthetic
organisms) are able
to synthesize
macromolecules that
consumers will intake
and digest
Decomposers break
down organic matter
(dead or alive)

Shared Characteristics of Life

Living organisms sense and respond to change

Homeostasis is the ability of an

organism to maintain its internal
environment conditions within
tolerable limits

1.
2.
3.
4.

Homeostasis is the organisms ability to

maintain the conditions of their internal
environment within ____ limits.
High
Non-tolerable
Tolerable
Low

Shared Characteristics of Life

Living organisms reproduce, grow, and mutate

A mutation is an alteration of hereditary instructions. It

may have an adaptative value, which may lead to diversity

Diversity of Life