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    The document discusses the seven essential life processes of living things: movement, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, nutrition, excretion, and respiration. It explains these processes in animals, plants, and how they can be used to differentiate between living and non-living things.

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    What Are The Life Processes in Animals & Plants?

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    CHAPTER 1 –LIVING THINGS AND THEIR LIFE PROCESSES

    What are the Life Processes in Humans and Animals?


    What are the Life Processes in Plants?
    How can we tell Living Things from Non-living Things?

    What are the life processes in animals & plants?


    1. Define Life Processes.
    Life processes are the series of actions that are essential to determine if an animal is alive.

    2. What are the Life Processes?


    There are seven essential processes in common: movement, sensitivity, growth,
    reproduction and nutrition.
    Anything that is alive (animals, plants, humans) MUST demonstrate all the life processes!!
    For e.g. plants can tell in which direction the Sun is in, and know the difference between
    up and down! They are capable of movement.

    i. Animals do this to look for food and shelter, and to escape from danger. They can move
    because their bodies are supported by:

    ii. Plants move towards sunlight, roots grow into the soil. They move slower than
    animals.

    Living things do this so that they will not become extinct.

    i. Animals have babies from:


    • giving birth
    • laying eggs

    ii. Plants grow from seeds.


    Living things notice and react/respond to changes around them.

    i. Animals use their five senses:


    • Sight (eyes)
    • Hearing (ears)
    • Smell (nose)
    • Touch (skin, feelers)
    • Taste (tongue)

    ii. Plants are also sensitive to their surroundings:


    • Gear towards sunlight and water

    • Respond to touch (e.g. the V enus Flytrap & Mimosa).

    A living thing gets bigger, taller and heavier over time.


    i. Animals grow at a fairly steady pace until they reach adulthood. Every day as they get older their
    bodies are changing. Their skeleton grows with them, each bone getting bigger over time.
    ii. Plants – most grow from seeds (germination)

    Animals get nutrients to survive:


    • From food and water
    • By hunting
    Animals can be categorized into the type food they eat:

    Carnivores Herbivores Omnivores


    Eat only meat Eat only plant sources Eat both meat and plants

    ii. Plants ‘make’ own food get nutrients by:


    • Roots absorb water from the soil
    • Leaves form food through photosynthesis.
    How can we tell living things from non-living things?

    6. How do we differentiate living and non-living things?


    By investigating whether it undergoes ALL life processes.

    Non-
    LivingThings living
    Things

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