LIFE PROCESSESLIFE PROCESSES

Looking at living thingsLooking at living things

Living thingsLiving things

Although all living things look different from Although all living things look different from each other, they all have each other, they all have sevenseven things in things in common. common.

These seven things are called These seven things are called life processeslife processes..

Something is only alive if it does Something is only alive if it does allall seven seven processes.processes.

THE SEVEN LIFE THE SEVEN LIFE PROCESSESPROCESSES

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All living things All living things movemove

Animals move their Animals move their whole bodies to get whole bodies to get from one place to from one place to another.another.

Plants turn towards Plants turn towards the light and their the light and their roots grow down roots grow down into the soil.into the soil.

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All living thingsAll living things reproducereproduce

Animals have babies.Animals have babies.

New plants grow New plants grow from seeds.from seeds.

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All living things All living things are are sensitivesensitive

All living things respond All living things respond to changes. Living things to changes. Living things notice changes in their notice changes in their surroundings and react surroundings and react to them.to them.

Eg. Plants grow towards Eg. Plants grow towards the light.the light.

Eg. People react to the Eg. People react to the temperature around temperature around them.them.

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All living things All living things needneed nutritionnutrition

Food is used to provide energy.Food is used to provide energy.

Green plants make their own Green plants make their own food using sunlight.food using sunlight.

Animals eat plants or other Animals eat plants or other animals.animals.

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All living thingsAll living things excreteexcrete

Waste substances Waste substances must be removed must be removed from the body.from the body.

Plants and animals Plants and animals both need to get rid both need to get rid of waste gas and of waste gas and water.water.

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All living thingsAll living things respirerespire

Plants and animals Plants and animals use the oxygen in use the oxygen in the air to turn food the air to turn food into energy.into energy.

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All living thingsAll living things growgrow

Babies grow into Babies grow into adults.adults.

Seedlings grow into Seedlings grow into plants.plants.

The seven life processesThe seven life processes

1 Move1 Move2 Reproduce2 Reproduce3 Sensitive3 Sensitive4 Nutrition4 Nutrition5 Excrete5 Excrete6 Respire6 Respire7 Grow7 Grow

Use the first letter from each Use the first letter from each process to help you remember them.process to help you remember them.

MMoveove RReproduceeproduce SSensitiveensitive NNutritionutritionEExcretexcrete RRespireespire GGrowrow

They spell They spell MRS NERGMRS NERG

This isThis is MRS NERG MRS NERG !!

Can you remember Can you remember what each of the what each of the letters in her name letters in her name stand for ?stand for ?

MMoveove RReproduceeproduce SSensitiveensitive NNutritionutritionEExcretexcrete RRespireespire GGrowrow

Well done !Well done !