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LIFE PROCESSES: LIFE PROCESSES Looking at living things
Living things: Living things Although all living things look different from each other, they all have seven things in common.
These seven things are called life processes.
Something is only alive if it does all seven processes.
THE SEVEN LIFE PROCESSES: THE SEVEN LIFE PROCESSES
1: 1 All living things move
Slide5: Animals move their whole bodies to get from one place to another.
Plants turn towards the light and their roots grow down into the soil.
2: 2 All living things reproduce
Slide7: Animals have babies.
New plants grow from seeds.
3: 3 All living things are sensitive
Slide9: All living things respond to changes. Living things notice changes in their surroundings and react to them.
Eg. Plants grow towards the light.
Eg. People react to the temperature around them.
4: 4 All living things need nutrition
Slide11: Food is used to provide energy.
Green plants make their own food using sunlight.
Animals eat plants or other animals.
5: 5 All living things excrete
Slide13: Waste substances must be removed from the body.
Plants and animals both need to get rid of waste gas and water.
6: 6 All living things respire
Slide15: Plants and animals use the oxygen in the air to turn food into energy.
7: 7 All living things grow
Slide17: Babies grow into adults.
Seedlings grow into plants.
The seven life processes: The seven life processes 1 Move
2 Reproduce
3 Sensitive
4 Nutrition
5 Excrete
6 Respire
7 Grow
Use the first letter from each process to help you remember them.: Use the first letter from each process to help you remember them. Move
Reproduce
Sensitive
Nutrition
Excrete
Respire
Grow
They spell MRS NERG
This is MRS NERG !: This is MRS NERG ! Can you remember what each of the letters in her name stand for ?
Slide21: Move
Reproduce
Sensitive
Nutrition
Excrete
Respire
Grow
Well done !: Well done !