Características Fundamentais da Vida

Section role: supports the 'A Receita da Vida: Características Fundamentais' section while the teacher explains the biological criteria that define living things, building directly on the introductory distinction between living beings and raw matter from Section 1, and setting up the identification laboratory in Section 3. Slides: (1) Title — 'A Receita da Vida: O Que Nos Torna Vivos?'; (2) Teoria Celular — bullets: definition of cell as the basic unit, distinction between unicellular organisms like bacteria and pluricellular organisms like humans; (3) Metabolismo — bullets: transformation of food into energy, anabolic and catabolic processes; (4) Reação a Estímulos — bullets: irritability concept, examples of pupil dilation in light and phototropism in plants; (5) Ciclo de Vida — bullets: birth, growth, reproduction, and death; (6) Material Genético e Evolução — bullets: presence of DNA, role of genetic code and gradual changes over generations; (7) O Caso do Fogo — bullets: discussion prompt on why fire grows and consumes energy but is not alive due to the lack of cells and DNA; (8) O Desafio dos Vírus — bullets: introduction to viruses as exceptions that challenge biological rules because they lack cells; (9) Closing slide — 'Se algo cresce e consome energia mas não possui células, podemos chamá-lo de vivo?' — sets up the classification activity in the following section.

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