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All life depends on the availability of usableenergy. This energy is released when
(1) organisms convert solar energy into thechemical energy found in food molecules(2) respiration occurs in the cells of producersand high-energy molecules enter the atmosphere(3) cells carry out the process of respiration(4) animal cells synthesize starch and carbondioxide
LIFE PROCESSES
What is a living thing?
• Imagine that you are space traveler who lands on an unknown planet. How could you determine if what you are looking at is alive.
What are the life processes?• NUTRITION• TRANSPORT• RESPIRATION• EXCRETION• SYNTHESIS• GROWTH• REGULATION• REPRODUCTION
Key Concepts
• Metabolism – all the chemical activities an organism must carry on to sustain life.
• Homeostasis – the maintenance of a stable internal environment in spite of changes in the external environment.
Nutrition
• ingestion - obtaining food from the environment
• digestion (processing food for use by the organism).
• egestion (removal of solid wastes)
Nutrition - Ingestion
Nutrition - Digestion
Nutrition - Egestion
TRANSPORT
• Ability to absorb and circulate materials to the cells.
– Oxygen absorbed into the bloodstream– Oxygen circulated to the cells– Oxygen absorbed into the cell
TRANSPORT
RESPIRATION• The process of releasing energy
• Glucose (blood sugar) is broken down, and the energy released is stored as ATP.
• Energy released by the compound ATP is used to perform life functions.
RESPIRATION• Plants and animals use the oxygen in
the air to turn food into energy.
RESPIRATION
RESPIRATION
• Human Respiratory System
EXCRETION
• Removal of cell waste from the organism.
• Exhaling, Urinating, Sweating
• Wastes include water, carbon dioxide, salts, and nitrogen.
EXCRETION
SYNTHESIS
• small molecules combine to form larger ones.
• Photosynthesis– CO2 + H2O + sunlight = C6H12O6 + O2
SYNTHESIS
• Combining 2 glucose molecules to make a larger maltose molecule
GROWTH• An increase in size
– increases in cell size– Increase in cell number.
• The raw materials for growth are the products of synthesis.
GROWTH
GROWTH
REGULATION
• The control and coordination of life functions.
REGULATION
• Nucleus• Brain
Stimuli• All living things respond to changes.
• Eg. Plants grow towards the light.
• Eg. People react to the temperature around them.
Stimulus
REPRODUCTION• The production of new individuals.
• Necessary for the survival of a species.
• Not necessary for the survival of the individual
REPRODUCTION
