Els Quarter 2-Lesson 1

Evolving Concept of Life
Based on Emerging Pieces

of Evidence
Lesson 1 – Historical Development of the Concepts
of Life
After going through this LESSON, you are expected to:

1. identify the sequence of events of the history of life on
earth;
2. name the pieces of evidence on the evolution of life on
earth;
3. recognize the importance of knowing the history of life on
earth
Based on Emerging Pieces of Evidence
Have you been curious of when and where did life possibly start on Earth? During the
1800s geologists and the naturalists found several forms of physical evidence that
confirmed that Earth is very old.
The evidences include: fossils of ancient sea life on dry land far from oceans, this
supported the idea that the Earth changed over time and some dry land today was once
covered by oceans; the many layers of rock allowed the people to realize that rock
layers represent the order in which rocks and fossils appeared, thus they were able to
trace the history of Earth and life on Earth; lastly, the indications that volcanic eruptions,
earthquakes and erosion that happened long ago shaped much of the Earth’s surface
and supported the idea of an older Earth.
This lesson will help you understand the historical
development of the concept of life based on
emerging pieces of evidence. This will trace back
the events, processes, and living organisms existed
on earth from the earliest time to present.
Activity 1: My Life in Timeline
Directions: Picture out a history of your life. Create a timeline that will reflect the events
happened to you in the past.
1. What is a timeline?
A table listing important events for successive years within a particular historical period. It is
a presentation of a chronological sequence of events along a drawn line that enables a
viewer to understand temporal relationships quickly.
2. Why is timeline significant?

Timeline is significant to document any type of development, providing an easy to
understand history and helping viewers to understand past and ongoing trends.
APPEARANCE OF LIFE FORMS ON
EARTH
Activity 2: Timeline of Events
Read and analyze the timeline. Arrange the following pictures in order. Write number 1 to
6 under each picture to show the order of the appearance of life forms on earth.
Activity 3: Evidence of Life
Directions: Give an evidence on the given events that occurred on geologic time scale
that enables the paleontologist to sequence the history of life.
Activity 4: It’s a match!
Directions: Column A are evidences while column B refers to certain timeline. Match them
by writing the letter of your answer on the space before the number.
• _____1. homo erectus A. 4.3 BYA

• _____2. eukaryotes B. 2.0 BYA
• _____3. zircon crystal C. Mesozoic Era
• _____4. dinosaurs D. 250 thousand years ago
• _____5. trilobite fossils E. Cambrian Period
Activity 5: Name It
Directions: Name the pieces of evidence on the evolution of life.
Write your answer on the space provided. Pick your answer from
the terms inside the box.
What is It?
The universe is about 4.6 billion years old. Life on earth, probably began only between 3.5
and 4.0 billion years ago. Evidences from fossil records show the emergence of the different
life forms. The common ancestor of all life was prokaryotic. Since, oxygen was scarce on the
early Earth, so the ancestral cell must also have been an anaerobic. There are some
challenges encountered in searching for the evidence of early life. Cells are microscopic and
most have no parts to fossilize. The tectonic plate movements have destroyed nearly all
rocks older than about 4 billion years, and most of the younger rocks have been heated or
undergone processes that destroy the traces of biological material. At present, the oldest
cell microfossils (microscopic fossils) are filaments from 3.5 billion-year-old rocks in
Western Australia. The filaments resemble chains of modern photosynthetic bacteria and
the rocks in which they occur are the remains of ancient stromatolites.
The researchers look for biomarkers
specific to eukaryotes. It is a
substance that occurs only or
predominantly in cells of a specific
type. Eukaryotes are organisms
having true nucleus. The DNA is
enclosed within the nucleus whereas
DNA of most prokaryotes lies
enclosed in the cell’s cytoplasm. The
first eukaryotes were protists.
For life to evolve from simple single-celled organisms to many millions of
species of prokaryotic species to simple eukaryotic species to all the protists,
fungi, plants and animals, took some time. The first life forms were very basic
and this then allowed for the evolution of more complex life forms. Eukaryotic
cells evolved from prokaryotic cells. The evolution of life is brought about the
changes in the environment which are linked to changes in climate and
geology. These Earth’s environmental changes made the Earth’s environment
more suitable for a wider variety of life forms.
Activity 6: Arrange Me
Directions: From the given statements below arrange them to show the origin and evolution of
eukaryotes. Number the boxes from 1-8, 1 as the earliest .

Activity 7: Time to Reveal
Directions: Arrange the jumbled word to reveal the
evidence in the history of life on earth. Write the answer
on the space below the grid.
Activity 8: Origin of Life
Directions: Create a concept map that will discuss how life
originated and evolved based on emerging pieces of evidence
using the concepts inside the box.
 history of life ● adaptation

 eukaryotic cell ● photosynthesis
 prokaryotic cell ● scarcity of oxygen
 stromatolites ● biomarkers
 fossils ● organic monomers
 Variation Among
Organisms
 Molecular DNA
Activity 12: Why Should I Study History of Life?
Directions:
Write at least fifty-word reflection paper on: “Why should I study
history of life?”.
RUBRICS FOR REPORTING
CRITERIA
EXPLANATION 25%
DEMONSTRATED 25%
KNOWLEDGE
(CONTENT)
VISUAL AID 25%
TEAMWORK 25%
TOTAL 100%

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Evolving Concept of Life

Based on Emerging Pieces

After going through this LESSON, you are expected to:

2. Why is timeline significant?

• _____1. homo erectus A. 4.3 BYA

eukaryotes. Number the boxes from 1-8, 1 as the earliest .

 history of life ● adaptation

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