LIFE PROCESSES

MS. MEGHA MANKAR

 INTRODUCTION

LIFE PROCESES

NUTRITION

TOPICS RESPIRATION
(Human beings & Plants)

TRANSPORTATION
(Human beings & Plants)

EXCRETION
(Human beings & Plants)
Characteristics of living
organisms
Growth
Locomotion and movement
Respiration
Requires food for survival
Reproduction
Excretion
Response to stimulus

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Life Processes
• The basic functions performed by living organisms to
maintain their life is called as life processes.
• The 4 main life processes are :
Nutrition
Respiration
Transportation
Excretion

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 Nutrition
• The process of intake of nutrients and utilizing them for the
growth and development of body.
Modes of Nutrition

Autotrophic Heterotrophic

Photosynthetic Saprophyt Parasiti

Chemosynthetic Holozoic
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Heterotrophic mode of nutrition
• Saprophytic Nutrition: The type of nutrition in which organisms derive
their food by dead and decaying plants and animals. For eg: Mushroom,
yeast, Bread mould.

• Parasitic Nutrition: It is a type of nutrition in which organisms live on or

inside the bodies of their hosts and feed on them. For eg: Leech,
Tapeworm.

• Holozoic Nutrition: Means feeding on solid food. The nutrition in which

organisms ingest complex organic food and convert into simpler forms
and get absorbed by cells. For eg: humans, animals, amoeba.
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Thank you
Ms. Megha Mankar