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is
LIFE?
L
I
F
EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE
E V O L U T I O LIF B I O L O G
N Y
E
G E N E T I C S
shows how
characteristics
of the parents
are transmitted
GENETICS
to their
offspring.
GENES
contains the biological
information of individuals
and can be passed on by
parents to their offspring
DNA C O N TA I N S
B I O LO G I C A L
I N F O R M AT I O N T H AT I S
(deoxyribonucleic acid) PA S S E D F R O M O N E
G E N E RAT I O N T O
ANOTHER TO THE
NEXT
EARTH S T U D I E S S H O W S T H AT
AND DNA OF EACH
LIFE ORGANISMS IS
SCIENCE SHARED TO OTHER
ORGANISMS OF THE
C LO S E S T L I V I N G
ORGANISMS
( B I O LO GY )
• HUMANS SHARE
ABOUT 99% OF
study of
living BIOLOGY
organisms.
Characteristics of Life
1. U S E O F C H E M I C A L E N E R GY T O H E L P
O R G A N I S M S P E R F O R M AC T I V I T I E S A N D
C A R RY O U T C H E M I C A L R E AC T I O N S ( E N E R GY
EARTH PROCESSING)
2. A B I L I T Y T O A DA P T T O T H E I R E N V I R O N M E N T
AND
( E VO LU T I O N A RY A DA P TAT I O N )
LIFE
3. C O N S I S T E N T G R O W T H A N D D E V E LO P M E N T
SCIENCE
C O N T R O L L E D BY T H E I N H E R I T E D G E N E
4. S Y S T E M AT I C A N D H I G H LY O R D E R E D
STRUCTURE OF ORGANISMS
5. A B I L I T Y T O C O N T R O L T H E I R E N V I R O N M E N T
( R E G U L AT I O N )
6. A B I L I T Y T O R E P R O D U C E I T S O W N K I N D
Evidence of
Life
Historical
Development
on the
Highly
Concept of Adapted
to it
complex
and
Life Interact commun
ed with ity
diverse
as what
Format microbal allowed is seen
ion of commun diversifi and
cell ities led cation. known
Arosepopulat to
from ions evolutio today.
non n.
living
CLASSIC
EXPERIMENTS
ON THE
EARTH AND
LIFE SCIENCE
EVOLUTION OF
LIFE
Discoveries
ROBERT HOOKE
discoverer of microscope
EARTH
AND
LIFE
SCIENCE
SPALLANZANI
verified and believed that
Needham’s test had not heated
the broth enough to kill the
PASTEUR’S
TEST
LOUIS PASTEUR
opposed the concept of spontaneous
generation.