Eight life processes

Question 1

MRS C GREN

Answer 1

Movement, respiration, sensitivity, control, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrition.

Question 2

Movement

Answer 2

due to the action of muscles in animals + slow growth movement in plants.

Question 3

Respiration

Answer 3

the release of energy from food e.g glucose

Question 4

Sensitivity

Answer 4

responding to stimuli (changes in the internal + external environment) e.g detecting hot objects on the skin

Question 5

Control

Answer 5

maintaining the internal environment in an organism e.g temperature, blood glucose concentration and water concentration

Question 6

Growth

Answer 6

increase in size and complexity using food e.g increase number of cells

Question 7

Reproduction

Answer 7

producing offspring

Question 8

Excretion

Answer 8

removal of waste products from metabolic processes e.g carbon dioxide

Question 9

Nutrition

Answer 9

organising eating other organisms e.g animals eating other organisms + plants making glucose by photosynthesis