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LIFE PROCESSES. Looking at living things. Living things. Although all living things look different from each other, they all have seven things in common. These 7 things are called life processes . Something is only alive if it does all 7 processes . THE SEVEN LIFE PROCESSES. 1.
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LIFE PROCESSES Looking at living things
Living things • Although all living things look different from each other, they all have seven things in common. • These 7 things are called life processes. • Something is only alive if it does all7 processes.
1 All living things move
Animals move their bodies to get from one place to another. Plants turn towards the light and their roots grow down into the soil.
2 All living thingsreproduce
Animals have babies. New plants grow from seeds.
3 All living things are sensitive
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 All living thingsgrow
Babies grow into adults. Seeds grow into plants.
5 All living thingsrespire
Plants and animals use the oxygen in the air to turn food into energy.
6 All living thingsexcrete
Waste substances must be removed from the body. Plants and animals both need to get rid of waste gas and water.
7 All living things neednutrition
Food is used to provide energy. Green plants make their own food using sunlight, water and other nutrients from soil. Animals eat plants or other animals.
The seven life processes(Mrs.Gren) 1 Move • Reproduce • Sensitive 4 Grow 5 Respire 6 Excrete 7 Nutrition
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 Gren! Can you remember what each of the letters in her name stand for ?
Move Reproduce Sensitive Nutrition Excrete Respire Grow
Match eachsentenceswithitsdefinition: • Theorganism can changeits position. • Theorganismneedsoxygentotransformitintoenergy. • Theorganismrespondstothings. • Theorganismgetsbigger. • Theorganismmake “copies” of itself. • Theorganism expulse waste material. • Theorganism consumes “food”. • Excretion • Reproduction • Nutrition • Movement • Growth • Sensitivity • Respiration
Write 2 wordsinsidethegroupitcorrespond: Movement: Reproduction: Sensitivity: Growth: Respiration: Excretation: Nutrition: Water – temperature – baby – oxygen – torun – adult – urine – Child – humidity – mineral salts – tosweat – tojump – seeds – cold -