It doesn't seem like too far of a stretch to guess that the earliest life forms would have been pretty passive, absorbing nutrients directly from their "primord

It doesn't seem like too far of a stretch to guess that the earliest life forms would have been pretty passive, absorbing nutrients directly from their "primordial soup" and somehow replicating whenever they've stored up enough. I imagine "life" would have gone on for quite some time before "waking up" and evolving the ability respond to their environment by doing things like relocating to a more nutrient rich area or away from danger.