Life processes

What are the characteristics of living things?

Movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrition, homeostasis

Movement

Action by an organism causing a change in position of place.

Respiration

The release of energy from food within cells
6O2 + C6 H12 O6 —> 6CO2 + 6HO2

Sensitivity

Detecting changes in the surroundings

Growth

Increasing in size and complexity

Reproduction

The production of offspring

Excretion

Getting rid of the waste products of metabolism

Nutrition

The taking in of organic substances and mineral ions, containing raw materials or energy fro growth and tissue repair, absorbing and assimilating them

Homoeostasis/ Control of internal conditions

Maintaining a constant temperature within a narrow range (body)