The Characteristics of Life PDF

The characteristic of life Asfossilrecordshowslife hasbeenevolving for billionsofyearsresultingin a Vastdiversity ofpast andpresent organisms But there is also unity It'Sexplanation is evolution...

The characteristic of life Asfossilrecordshowslife hasbeenevolving for billionsofyearsresultingin a Vastdiversity ofpast andpresent organisms But there is also unity It'Sexplanation is evolution despitetheir diversità all 9 a processofbiologicalchangein which organisms on ourplanet share a speciesaccumulatedifferencesfromtheir seriesofcharacteristics that make ancestors as theadaptto different themdifferentfromnonlivingthings augments overtime organismsgrowanddevelop organismsregulate their own metabolicprocess Thesetofchemicalofan organism is calledmetabolism metabolicreactionshappen continuasly and theymustbefineregulated tomaintainthe homeostasis organismsrespond to stimuli organisms reproduce organisms evolve and adapt to theenvironments organisms are madeof cells is the simplest collection ofmatter that can be considereda livingentity even when cells are arranged Manyformsoflife exist as a single into higher levelsoforganization calledorganism tissuesorgans the cellremains the baia unit of structure and function Tells are relatedby Mram their descendent earlier cells cells havebeenmodifiedin manydifferent waysalthoughtheycandifferfrom one another they sharecommon features the geneticinformation is The cell is the fundamental unit of life codified in the Dna before ne tour the cell it will behelpful to learn how cells are studied t resolution microscopes wereinventedin 1550 contrast lightmicroscope m electron microscope scanningelectron transmission siblelight ispassed EM microscope sell electron microscope hough the specimenand itfocusesa beamof is especiallyuseful TEM henthrough glass electronsthrough the for detailedstudy isused to studythe lenses specimen or ontoits of the topography of internalstructureofcell thelensesrefract a speci me It aimsan electronbeam thelight in such a the electronbeamscans through a verythinsection waythatthe image the surfaceofthesample ofthespecimenthathasbee is magnified as it is usuallycoatedwithathin 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relationshipwiththehostconin andreproducewithinthecell which it was encasedbecoming anendosymbiont livingwithinanothercell Overthecourseofevolutionthehostcellanditsendosymbiontmergedinto a singleorgans aeukaryoticcallwith amitochondrion Atleastoneofthesecellsmayhavethentakenup a photosyntheticprokaryotic becomingtheancestor of d eukaryoticcellsthat containchloroplasts Thefactthatthenucleusappearedearly in eukaryoteevolutionissuggestedby thepresenceofunicellular eukaryotes with nomitochondria  Emossmfretry Ieri em trenocorrelateswithtrecon's levelofmetabolicactivity eachis a phospholipidbilayerwith a uniquecollectionof embeddedproteins Theoutermembraneissmoothbuttheinnermembraneisconvolutedwithinfaldingscalledcrist e dividestremitointotwo thecristaegivetheinner internalcompartments mitom alargesurfaceare thusenhancingtrepresenectivi Chloroplastjifftfregraffègmettancorsphyu ofcellularrespiration alongwithenzymes and othermoleculesthatfunctionin trephotosyntheticproductionofsugar 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the IIELffpasmic an side which is positive because of an equal distribution of anions and cations on the twosides Becausethe inside of the cell is negative compared with theoutside the fetential favors thepassivetransportof cations intothecelland anions affffffe Thustwoforcesdrivethe diffusion ofionsacross a membrane 1 a chemical torcereionsconcentration gradient 2 an electrical fateneeffectof themembranepotentialon Thecombinationofthesetwo theion'smovement forcesactingon ions is calledthe electrochemicalgradient ionsdiffusesnotsimplydown its concentration gradient butdown its electrochemicalgradient Atransportprotein that generatesvoltageacross a membrane is called an electronicPam P aanimcen pagg Iis E.IE 5 a attivelytransportprotons out ofthe cell Bygeneratingvoltageacrossmembranes ithelpsstoreenergythat can be used for cellular work  2C Contransport CoupledTransportby a MembraneProtein A salutethatexists indifferentconcentrations across a membrane can obwork as it movesbydiffusiondown its concentrationgradient In a mechanismcalled contrast transportprotein can couplethe downhill diffusionof thesoluteto the uphilltransport of a secondsubstanceagainstits own concentration or electrochemical gradient Buk transport across theplasmamembrane occurs by exocytosis and endocytosis Largemolecules as well as burgerparticles generally cross the membrane in bulk packaged in vesicle this processes require energy Lkeactivetransport FIELEsecretes certainbiologicalmoleculesby thefusionofvesicleswiththeplasma membrane Atransportvesiclethathasbubbledfromthe Golgiapparatusmoves alongmicrotubules of the cytoskeleton to the plasmamembrane When the vesiclemembraneandplasmamembranecomeintocontact specificproteins rearrange thelipidmoleculesof thetwobilayersso thatthetwomembranes fase tosis Cell takes in molecules andparticulatematter Ed byformingnewvesiclesfrom the plasmamembrane Exploring Émbey tosisin AnimalCells Phagocytosis a cellengulfs aparticlebyextendingpseudopodiaaround it andpackaging it within a membranous sac foodvacuste The poetiche will be digested after the foodvacuolefuses with a lysosome containinghydrolyticenzymes  Pincytosis a cell continually gulps droplets of extracellular fluids into tiny tesi cheeredbyinfoldingsof theplasmamembrane inthis way the cell obtainsmoleculesdissolved in the droplets Becauseany and allsolutes are takeninto the cell it's nonspecific for the substances it transport In manycases thepartsof theplasmamembranethatform vesicles are lined on their cytoplasmicside by a fuzzylayer of coatprotain the pits andresultingvesiclesare calledcoatedpits Receptor mediated IIII III thecon to acquire bulkquantitiesof specificsubstances Ianthoughthosesubstancesmaynot be very concentrated in the EstIIIaràEILEEN extracennaremia sitesexposed to the receptor extracellular theftspecificsolutesbind to thereceptors Theteceptorproteinsthen cluster in coatedpitsand eachofthem forms a vesiclecontainingthe boundmolecules After theingested material is liberated fromthevesicle theemptiedreceptors are recycled tothe plasmamembrane bythesamevesicle Local and Long-Distance Signaling A more One class of specialized type local regulators of local signaling in animals, called synaptic growth factors signaling occurs in the animal nervous system Both animals and plants use molecules called hormones for long-distance signaling. endocrine signaling Like local regulators, hormones vary widely in size and type.