Animal life
What are life processes?
Living things have seven things in common. These things are called life
processes.
1. Move.
2. Feed.
3. Breathe.
4. Excrete (get rid of waste)
5. Grow.
6. Reproduce (make babies).
7. Sense the world around them.
 All animals can move. Some moves slowly like the sloth. Others
are very fast like the cheetah.
 All vertebrate animals have an internal skeleton. This means
the skeleton is on the inside.
 The bones of the skeleton are attached to muscles.
 When muscles contract and relax, they pull on the bones and
cause movements.
 Invertebrate do not have a skeleton inside their bodies. Some
invertebrates, such as crabs, have a skeleton outside their
bodies.
 Others such as worms and jellyfish have no skeleton at all.
However they do have muscles, which they use to move.
 All animals need to feed.
 Nutrients are what animals need for energy, to grow and to stay
healthy.
Scientists sort animals into three groups;
1. Carnivores: only eat meat.
2. Herbivores: only eat plants.
3. Omnivores: eat plants and other animals.
 All animals respire. This is how they get their energy from food.
 When they breathe, they take in oxygen.
 Some animals such as humans use lungs to breathe.
 Fish uses special organs called gills.
 All animals grow and develop.
 Animals that have skeleton outside their bodies, they grow out of
their skeleton.
Older animals are replaced by younger animals and the spices does
not die out. This is called life cycle.
Animals get their energy from food. But not all parts of the food are
needed their bodies take all the nutrients from the food and excrete
the rest.
Animals get rid of waste through:
1. Breathing out the gases.
2. Through sweat.
3. They also excrete waters and other waste in their pee.
 Many animals sense of smell is often stronger than humans
to help them find food.
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What are the seven life processes?
The seven life processes are:
1.
Move.
2.
Feed.
3.
Breathe.
4.
Excrete (get rid of waste)
5.
Grow.
6.
Reproduce (make babies).
7.
Sense the world around them.
What is the difference between a herbivore and omnivore?
The difference between a herbivore and omnivore:
Herbivores: only eat plants.
Omnivores: eat plants and other animals.
How do fish breathe?
Fish breathe through their gills.
Give two examples of how animals get rid of waste?
1. Breathing out the gases.
2. Through sweat.