Life and Living

• there are 7 life processes that help us determine wether something is living.
• the 7 life processes are nutrition, respiration, movement, growth, reproduction, excretion, sensitivity
• movement is the ability of an organism to change position or location relative to other objects around it.
• respiration

  -chemical process

  -oxygen+glucose to energy+water+carbon dioxide

  -O2+C6H12O6 to energy+H2O+CO2
• excretion


  getting rid of metabolic waste (CO2, sweat, urine) in living organisms
• sensitivity

  reaction to stimulus which is a change in the environment
• there are 5 kingdoms.

  • fungi
  • plantae (plants)
  • animalia (animals)
  • bacteria (Monera)
  • Protista
• Animal cells:

  • Nucleus
  • Cytoplasm
  • Cell membrane
  • Mitochondria
  • Vacuoles(small/none)
• Plant cells:

  • Nucleus
  • Cell wall
  • Chloroplasts
  • Vacuole(large)
  • Cell membrane
  • Mitochondria
  • Cytoplasm