BIOLOGY is

LIFE

UST Senior High School

(THEORIES ON THE ORIGIN OF LIFE) Earth and Life Science
T O DAY ’ S O B J E C T I V E S :

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Define Identify Describe
• biology and its • the different branches • the different theories
importance to daily of biology and its and experiments that
life and to the society. related occupations. aim to explain the
origin of life on the
planet.
 “bios” (life)
BI OL OGY “logos” (study)

deals with the

structures, functions
and relationships of
living organisms with
the environment
Animals

Plants

Microorganisms
 BRANCHES OF BIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY

 Taxonomy – naming and classifying organisms

 Cytology – cells
 Embryology – formation & dev’t of organisms
 Anatomy – structures and body parts BIOLOGY
 Physiology – functions of organisms and its parts
 Biochemistry – biological composition
 Genetics – heredity and variation
BOTANY ZOOLOGY
 Evolution – origin of organisms
 Ecology – relationship of organisms w/the
environment
 B I OT E C H N O L O GY
ENERGY PRODUCTION
BIOREMEDIATION

AGRICULTURE

DISEASE TREATMENT

BUSINESS

PHARMACEUTICAL
FOOD PROCESSING

WASTE TREATMENT
B I OT E C H N O L O GY
HOW DID LIFE BEGIN?
EARLY THEORIES
ON THE ORIGIN
OF LIFE
DIVINE CREATION
PHILIPPINE VERSION:MALAKAS AT MAGANDA
 SPONTANEOUS
GENERATION
“ABIOGENESIS”
 THE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY

 Ancient Egyptians  Francesco Redi

 Aristotle  Lazzaro Spallanzani
 John Needham  Louis Pasteur

ABIOGENESIS vs. BIOGENESIS

JOHN NEEDHAM
FRANCESCO REDI
LAZZARO SPALLANZANI
LOUIS PASTEUR
LOUIS PASTEUR
“THE ORIGINAL OPPA”
ALEXANDER OPARIN
CHEMICAL EVOLUTION
CHEMICAL EVOLUTION
HAROLD UREY & STANLEY MILLER
EXPERIMENT
HAROLD UREY & STANLEY MILLER
EXPERIMENT
PANSPERMIA / COSMOZOIC THEORY