Life Processes

1
Life Processes

• Lets look at living things

2
Living Things

• There are many different types of living things
  and they all look very different when compared to
  each other.
• But all living things have seven things in
  common. We call these life processes. You need
  all seven to be alive.

3
The seven life processes are

• movement
• reproduction
• sensitivity
• nutrition
• excretion
• respiration
• growth

Lets look at these in more detail
4
1. Movement

• Animals move around using their whole bodies to
  get from one place to another.

• Plants move by turning towards the sun. Their
  roots move deeper into the soil

5
2. Reproduction

• Animals have babies some lay eggs and the babies
  hatch out of these.

• Plants produce seeds and new plants grow from them

6
3. Sensitivity

• All living things respond to changes in their
  environment and react to them.

• eg. People react to changes in the weather and
  temperature and make changes to their behaviour.

• eg. Flowers react to the light and close when it
  is dark.

7
4. Nutrition

• Food is used by living things to give them the
  energy to do their usual things.

• Green plants use sunlight to make their energy.

• Animals eat plants like leaves, fruits and
  vegetables or other animals.

8
5. Excretion

• Waste substances must be removed from the body.
  Both plants and animals need to get rid of water
  and other waste products.

• We do this when we go to the toilet.

9
6. Respiration

• All living things use the oxygen in the air to
  convert food into energy.

10
7. Growth

• All living things grow, even if it is just a
  small amount.

• Babies and young animals become adults.

• Seeds grow into plants.

11
Can you remember all seven life processes?
1. movement
6. respiration
4. nutrition
2. reproduction
5. excretion
7. growth
3. sensitivity
12
Backgrounds and animations available from
www.animationfactory.com
Presentation by Bev Evans, 2008
www.communication4all.co.uk