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Organization levels of living matter

Subatomic
level
Tissue Chemical
Atom level
Organs
Cell Molecule

Subatomic
level Cell
Atom Tissue
Molecule Biological
Organ
level
Systems
System

Organism
Organism

Species
Species

Population
Ecological
Community
Population level
Biosphere Community Ecosystem
Ecosystem Biosphere

Properties of living beings

Despite their great diversity, organisms that live in our planet share specific characteristics
that set them apart from unanimated objects. These characteristics are:
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Metabolism Homeostasis is Irritability: Adaptation: Development is a Evolution:

Inside living the tendency reaction to Living beings series of organized The capacity
beings, chemical of keeping stimuli. undergo changes that that living
reactions the stability modifications happen during the beings from a
happen as of internal that allow life of an organism, population have
well as energy conditions. them to react and growth is the to change, and
transformations better against increase in the adapt to their
conditions in the quantity of cells, environment.
environment. their size, or both.

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Movement

Many of the responses to stimuli cause the movement of living beings.

Taxes
Tropism
In plants, we can observe another kind
Type of response observed in plants, whose
of movements that do not involve growth
growth is oriented, from certain organs,
and are independent of the stimuli direction.
towards determined external stimuli,
like water, light, or gravity.

Nastic movements
Type of reponses that involve
translation movements

Reproduction

Is the process by which new individuals are produced.

Asexual Reproduction Sexual Reproduction

Is the mechanism by which In this type of

new individuals are formed reproduction,
through cell divisions that an organism
come from a single parent. originates from the
genetic exchange
Gemmation. Sporulation. between two
parents by the
Bipartition. Pluripartition. union of male
Parthenogenesis and female
gametes through
Asexual reproduction in the the process of
laboratory: fertilization
Cloning: the creation of an
identical copy of an organism.
 Test 1 Study Page • Review
1. Observe the following pictures; number them according to the level of organization (from the simplest to the most
complex). Complete the chart with the correct words.

Cell Chemical level Organ Population Ecological level Biological level Atom Specie

4 Specie

Biological level

2. Check the information about reproduction, think about one advantage and one disadvantage of sexual and asexual
reproduction.

Asexual Reproduction

Advantage

Disadvantage

Sexual Reproduction

Advantage

Disadvantage

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A series or organized changes that

happen during the life of an organism.
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Chemical reactions that provide energy

to the organisms
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Reactions to the stimuli of the

environment

Keeping the stability of the internal

conditions

4. Read the following statements and write T (true) or F (false) in each of them.

a. An example of taxes is the movement of the sperm towards the egg.

b. Movement is the response to stimuli of the internal conditions of organisms.

c. Gravity is a factor that produces tropism in organisms.

d. Tropisms are referred to the direction of growth of organisms.

e. Nastic movements are another type of movement observed in animals.