1. What makes something alive?
LIFE PROCESSES
What makes something alive?

2. 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 7 processes.

3. THE SEVEN LIFE PROCESSES

4. MOVEMENT
All living things move

5. 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.

6. All living things reproduce
REPRODUCTION
All living things reproduce

7. Animals have babies.
New plants grow from seeds.

8. All living things are sensitive
SENSITIVITY
All living things are sensitive

9. All living things respond to changes
All living things respond to changes. Living things notice changes in their surroundings and react to them.
Plants grow towards the light.
People react to the temperature around them.

10. GROWTH
All living things grow

11. Babies grow into adults.
Seedlings grow into plants.

12. All living things respire
RESPIRATION
All living things respire

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

14. All living things excrete
EXCRETION
All living things excrete

15. Waste substances must be removed from the body.
Plants and animals both need to get rid of waste gas and water.

16. All living things need nutrition

17. Food is used to provide energy.
Green plants make their own food using sunlight.
Animals eat plants or other animals.

18. The seven life processes
Movement
Reproduction
Sensitivity
Growth
Respiration
Excretion
Nutrition

19. Use the first letter from each process to help you remember them.
Movement
Reproduction
Sensitivity
Growth
Respiration
Excretion
Nutrition
They
spell
MRS GREN

20. Am I a LIVING organism?
ROCKS

21. Am I a LIVING organism?
PLANTS

22. Am I a LIVING organism?
WATER

23. Am I a LIVING organism?
PENCILS

24. Am I a LIVING organism?
VIRUSES

25. Am I a LIVING organism?
BACTERIA

26. Am I a LIVING organism?
MAMMALS