Life Processes

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Living things can be separated from non-living things by considering the processes they exhibit. These live processes are:

Plants move in response to a stimulus such as light. They do not move from place to place.

New plants grow from seed or from parts of the parent plant such as leaves, stems, roots, runners or bulbs.

Plants grow towards the light and respond to day length and to chemicals in the plants and the environment.

Plants continue to grow as long as they live.

Plants use oxygen to turn food into usable energy.

Plants need to get rid of waste gases and water.

Plants make their own food using carbon dioxide, energy from the Sun and water.

Animals can move all or part if their bodies and from place to place.

Animals produce young.

Animals notice and respond to stimuli in their surroundings.

Animals usually stop growing when they reach adulthood.

Animals use oxygen to turn food into usable energy.

Waste substances such as food remains, gases and chemicals need to be removed from animal’s bodies.

Animals eat plants or other animals to give them energy.

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