Year 8 Science
Cells and Microscopes
The requirements of life
Please watch this video “7 life processes”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JMT8VAWtEs
All plants and animals carry out seven processes in order to stay alive. The table
below shows the seven Life Processes (Requirements for life).
1.
Select a description for each of these life processes from options A – G given
below and match the letter next to the life process.
Life Process
Description
(select from A-G)
Movement
Respiration
Sensitivity
Nutrition
Excretion
Reproduction
Growth
Options:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
2
Getting rid of wastes from the body
Producing offspring (young)
Sensing changes around and then responding
Food is used to build up parts of the body
This is easier to see in animals than in plants. Plants move very slowly as they
grow.
Plants make their food through photosynthesis. Animals must feed on plants or
other animals
Getting energy by breaking down food
What acronym can you use to remember the 7 life processes?
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Year 8 Science
Cells and Microscopes
A motor car moves but it is not living.
3
To prove that a motor car is not a living organism, complete the table below to
show which processes it does and does not show.
Processes
A motor car
shows
A motor car
does not
show
Movement
Respiration
Sensitivity
Growth
Reproduction
Excretion
Nutrition
a) Based on your observations from the table above, why can we
conclude that a motor car is not a living organism?
Type here
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