Elsq2 L2
Elsq2 L2
Elsq2 L2
LifeScience
Quarter 2 – Module
2:Unifying Themes in the
Study of Life
Lesso
Unifying Themes in the
n 1 Study of Life
Earth is the home of organisms including animals, plants and microorganisms.
They are found in the different parts of the planet. The ecosystems-the biological
communities- include living organisms (biotic factors) like animals, plants,
insects and bacteria (interacting to its environment), as well as the non-living
components (abiotic factors) like the rock, soil, water and sunlight. Non-living
things are classified as inanimate objects that may influence, alter or impact the
life of biotic factors. These abiotic factors are essential to biotic factors in various
ways.
The field of science that deals with the study of life is the Life Science or Biology.
It involves different disciplines. These disciplines are connected to one another,
through which biologist termed as unifying themes.
This module emphasizes these unifying themes that serve as the bases of the
study of Life Science. The ten unifying themes include: emergent properties, the
cell, the heritable information, structure or function, interaction with the
environment, regulation, unity and diversity, evolution, scientific inquiry, and the
science, technology and society. More so, this module explores how organisms
interact with one another and its environment.
What’s In
Biology is the discipline of science that deals with the study of life. This
comprises number of disciplines such as biochemistry and ecology. As a wide-
ranging and complex science, biologists designed the term “unifying themes”,
which serve as the bases for the study of life.
What Is It
The unifying theme connects the different subdisciplines that make biology as a
science. In addition to, the living organisms differ from non-living organisms in
various aspects. What are these shared properties (of living organisms) that
make something “alive”?
Assessment
Directions. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. Genes are passed from one generation to the next generation through
______________.
A. evolution
B. regulation
C. form and function
D. reproduction and inheritance
2. Which among the given examples describes the unifying form and
structure?
A. cellular basis of life
B. light as source of energy
C. bats have wings specialized for flying
D. living things arise from pre-existing cells
3. Makahiya plant closes its leaflets when touched. This is an example of
______________
A. energy and life
B. response to stimuli
C. form and structure
D. reproduction and inheritance
4. Describe the illustration.
A. They are evolving
B. The organisms are growing and developing.
C. It shows how organisms respond to its environment.
D. There is a transfer of energy among living
organisms.
5. Which statement does not describe the image on the right side?
A. Plants acquire energy for them to
perform their task, the food making.
B. There is a transfer of energy from
the sun to the plants.
C. Plants need abiotic factors in order
to grow.
D. They are evolving.
7. Living organisms cannot live alone, they are interacting with the
abiotic factors for sustainability of life. Which among the organisms is
considered as abiotic?
A. bacteria
B. plant
C. light
D. man
8. Chameleons shift colors wherever they go. They are able to turn any
colors or combine colors depending on where the environment is.
What trait is being described?
A. adaptation
B. interaction
C. inheritance
D. reproduction
9. The diversity of life arises by change leading to the present
biodiversity that we see. This is what we called ______________.
A. evolution
B. adaptation
C. inheritance
D. reproduction
10. The field of science is changing the lives of all organisms through
technology and research. This is explained by ______________. A.
biology and society
B. adaptation
C. energy and life
D. inheritance
11. All organisms alive today have descended from simple cellular
creatures billions of years ago. Biologists were able to identify and
preserved some of the characteristics of that earliest organisms. This
is associated in what theme?
A. Function and structure are interdependent.
B. Cell theory as a description of living systems.
C. Emergent properties arise from the organization of life.
D. Unity of living systems is explained by evolutionary
conservation.
12. Research plays significant role for the improvement of lives in a given
society. With these, more scientists agree that all scientific
knowledge comes from ______________.
A. observation
B. experimentation
C. both experimentation and observation D. textbooks
13. The orchard sprayed with the chemical yields an average of 60 kilos
of mango per tree, the other orchard yields an average of 40 kilos of
mangoes per tree. Based on the data, in order to have a better yield,
trees must ______________.
I. receive the same amount of sunlight
II. receive the same amount of water
III. increase the orchard spray
A. I only
B. II only
C. I, II and III
D. I and II
14. Many threatened or endangered species can be saved by a large
________.
A. coal mine
B. food chain
C. wildlife hunting
D. reforestation project
15. Living organisms can be protected if we fight against deforestation.
Which among the statements doesn’t support this advocation?
A. Plant more trees.
B. Reduce the use of products made from wood fiber.
C. Demand forest products from sustainable sources
and deforestation fee supply chains.
D. Support the products of companies practicing deforestation.
Activity 1: Match It
Directions: Match the given statements to its corresponding unifying themes.
Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Living things work as a system, at the same A. biological system
time they cannot be separated from non-living
things since they are both operating as a system.
2. Cells are the basic unit of life, which denotes that B. energy and life
all living things are composed of cells.
3. Autotrophs use light to perform the process of C. biology and society
photosynthesis, on the other hand, heterotrophs
consume other organisms to obtain food.
4. Living things cannot live alone, their survival D. interaction with the
depends on how they interact with the environment
environment.
5. Organisms’ structures fit with their functions. E. the cellular basis of
life
6. Traits of parents are being passed from one F. form and function
generation to the next generation.
7. Cells of the body are surrounded by a G. reproduction and
small amount of fluid, and normal cell functions inheritance
depend on the maintenance of cell’s fluid
environment including temperature, volume, and H. adaptation
chemical content.
8. Living organisms survive depending on I. regulation /
how one will adapt to its changing environment. homeostasis
9. The diversity of life arises by change J. evolution
leading to the present biodiversity that we see.
10. The field of science is changing the lives of K. scientific inquiry
all organisms through research.
Activity 2: Connect Me
Directions: Read and analyze what is asked. Write your answer on a separate
sheet of paper.
Show the connections of the given biotic and abiotic factors written inside the
box through a concept map.