EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE QUARTER 2

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET 2(LATE)

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Lesson 2: Unifying Themes in the Study of Life
Goal: Describe how unifying themes (e.g., structure and function, evolution, and ecosystems) in the study
of life show the connections among living things and how they interact with each other and with their
environment.
Introduction:
The study of life has an array of biological characteristics or properties and certain theme about
how the living world works that are discussed. These properties are shared by all living things passed
down over billions of years from the first organisms to have evolved on Earth. Even though an amazing
variety of living things on Earth, they are all alike in several ways.
Theme 1: Biological Systems: The growth of world population puts a severe strain on the earth's
principal biological systems. Due to excessive human claims these reach an unsustainable level where
their productivity is damaged. Development is not possible if world population continues to grow so
rapidly.
Theme 2: High Degree of Organization: Organizing the body into subatomic particles, atoms,
molecules, macromolecules, organelles, cells, tissue, organs, organ systems, organism. A group that
functions closely together comprise an organ system.
Theme 3: Structure and Function: A human hand has opposable thumbs, and inverted palms, enabling
you to pick things up. Many animals do not have that form, therefore do not have the capability to pick
things up.
Theme 4: Reproduction and Inheritance: Like begets like means that the offspring of an animal will
resemble their parents. Sexual reproduction is the union of male and female gametes to form a fertilized
egg, or zygote. The resulting offspring inherit one half of their traits from each parent. The process where
haploid sex cells are created from diploid parents is called meiosis, and it occurs only in
the reproductive organs.
Theme 5: Life requires Energy Transfer and Transformation: Energy is the ability to do work, where
work is done when a force moves an object. While the sun provides energy for our entire planet, the
sun's energy must be transformed into more usable forms for living organisms.
Theme 6 Organisms Interact with other Organisms and the Physical Environment: The world
contains a wide diversity of physical conditions, which creates a variety of environments where living
things can be found. In all these environments, organisms interact and use available resources, such as
food, space, light, heat, water, air, and shelter.
Theme 7 Organisms must maintain Homeostasis to Survive in Diverse Environment:
Homeostasis is the ability to maintain a relatively stable internal state that persists despite changes in the
world outside. Homeostasis helps animals maintain stable internal and external environments with the
best conditions for it to operate. It is a dynamic process that requires constant monitoring of all systems
in the body to detect changes, and mechanisms that react to those changes and restore stability.
Theme 8 Evolution and Adaptation: The core theme of biology is evolution. This theme looks at the
way organisms adapt to the environment to improve survival odds. All life on the planet exists because it
evolves to best fit the environmental conditions, and those who adapt best, pass on those characteristics
to their offspring.
Theme 9 Scientific Inquiry: In scientific inquiry, scientists make observations (collect data) and use
inductive reasoning to draw a general conclusion, which can be developed into a testable hypothesis.
Deductive reasoning makes predictions that can be used to test hypotheses: If a hypothesis is correct,
and we test it, then we can expect the predictions to come true. Hypotheses must be testable and
falsifiable; science can address neither the possibility of supernatural phenomena nor the validity of
religious beliefs
Theme 10 Biology and Society: Studying biology you can make informed decisions on issues
that impact you and our society! Everyday newspapers, televisions, and the internet contain issues that
relate to biology. They work to improve food supply, curing diseases and preserving our environment.
ACTIVITY:

1. List ten (10) examples of the unifying themes by creating visual representation of each of the theme.
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2. Explain the following question

a. Why they are called unifying themes?
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b. How living things interact with each other and with their environment?
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c. What best illustrate themes in life interconnected to everything?
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PREPARED BY: MA. LOIDA BO- BOTICARIO
Science Teacher