UNIFYING

FEATURES OF
LIFE
Christian Aries P. Lapuz
Special Science Teacher I
IS THIS A LIVING THING?
 High degree Diversity and Unity
of organization
Reproduction

Growth and
LIVING
THINGS
Evolutionary Adaptation
development
Energy acquisition
Response to stimuli and utilization
LIFE
 LIVING THINGS ARE CAPABLE OF
HIGH DEGREE OF ORGANIZATION
◦ Life is a very complex
structure.
◦ Life is organized based on
increasing complexity.

Life starts here.

LIFE
 LIVING THINGS ARE CAPABLE OF
EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION
◦ Living things are capable
of adapting to its
environment.
◦ Adaptation is the key to
survival.
LIVING THINGS ARE CAPABLE OF
EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION
LIFE
 LIVING THINGS ARE CAPABLE OF
UTILIZATION AND ACQUISITION OF ENERGY
◦ Metabolism is the process
of utilizing acquired
energy from food.
◦ You can either use the
energy to create a product
(anabolism) or create
energy by breaking down
products (catabolism)
LIFE
 LIVING THINGS ARE CAPABLE OF
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
◦ Growth is the increase in
size or number of the
particular organism.
◦ Development is the
improvement of the
organism as it moves from
its stages of growth.
LIFE
 LIVING THINGS ARE CAPABLE OF
RESPONSE TO STIMULI
◦ Stimulus (plural: stimuli is the
signal/stress that the environment
gives to the organism.
LIFE
 LIVING THINGS ARE CAPABLE OF
REPRODUCTION
◦ Reproduction is the
process of producing an
individual of the same
type.
◦ Offsprings may or may
not be genetically
identical from the parent.
LIFE
 LIVING THINGS ARE CAPABLE OF
DIVERSITY AND UNITY
◦ Diversity is variety of life
present.
◦ Unity is the state of being
whole or as one.
◦ Unity in diversity:
There is harmony among
different kinds of life.
 TASKS FOR THIS WEEK: LESSON 2

Performance
Activity 1 Activity 2
Task 2