OVERVIEW OF

BIOCHEMISTRY
Nature of Biochemistry
Attributes of Life
Biological Substances
 Biochemistry
• the study of molecules and
their reactions in living
organisms
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CHEMISTRY

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 Biochemical Substances
• Are chemical substances found
within a living organism.
Water (70%)
Bioinorganic
Substances
Inorganic Salts (5%)

Biochemical
Protein (15%)
Substances

Lipids (8%)
Bioorganic
Substances
Carbohydrates (2%)

Nucleic Acids (2%)

ATTRIBUTES OF LIFE
Watch the video and determine how
living things differ from nonliving
things.

Identify the characteristics of living

things.
Living things REPRODUCE
» Individual
organisms die, but
the species
continues because
of reproduction.
» REPRODUCE
means to form
offspring similar to
parents.
 Kinds of Reproduction
Asexual
Reproduction
is a process
by which an
organism
develops from
one parent
 Sexual
reproduction is
the process by
which an
individual
develops from
two parents.
Living things GROW
 GROWTH
is an
increase in
size and
volume.
Living things
grow by internal
addition while
nonliving things
grow by
external
addition.
Living things DEVELOP
» Develop is to change
shape or form.
» It includes the
changes that an
organism undergoes
in its life cycle.
Living things are made up
of one or more CELLS.
Cells are the
basic
structural and
functional
units of life.
Unicellular Organisms

Paramecium Euglena

One-celled
organisms
Amoeba
 Multicellular Organisms

Many-celled
organisms
 Living
things are
HIGHLY
ORGANIZED
Cell
Tissue
Organ
Organ System
Living things need FOOD
Living things need ENERGY

Energy is
the ability
to do work.
» Living things take
in energy and
change it into
different forms.
» Respiration is
the process by
which food is
broken down and
energy is released
 Plants are producers they
transform energy from sunlight
into chemical energy.
 Plants transform energy from
sunlight into chemical bonds of
carbohydrates which other
organisms consume.
Animals get their energy from
the food they eat.
 Living things RESPOND to
changes in the environment.
Living things ADAPT to
their environment.
Adaptation is a
structure or
behavior by which
an organism
becomes better
suited to survive
in a given
environment.
Living things maintain a state
of INTERNAL BALANCE.
Homeostasis is
the process by
which organism
keep their
internal condition
relatively stable.