Transcript Life Processes - Communication4All

Life Processes
Let’s look at living things
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.
The seven life processes are……
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movement
reproduction
sensitivity
nutrition
excretion
respiration
growth
Let’s look at these in more detail
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
2. Reproduction
• Animals have babies: some lay eggs and the
babies hatch out of these.
• Plants produce seeds and
new plants grow from
them
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.
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.
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.
6. Respiration
• All living things use the oxygen in the air to
convert food into energy.
7. Growth
• All living things grow, even if it is just a small
amount.
• Babies and young animals become adults.
• Seeds
grow into
plants.
Can you remember all seven life
processes?
1. movement
4. nutrition
6. respiration
2. reproduction
3. sensitivity
5. excretion
7. growth
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Presentation by Bev Evans, 2008
www.communication4all.co.uk