All living things share seven life processes: movement, reproduction, sensitivity, nutrition, excretion, respiration, and growth. The document explains each of these processes, noting that animals and plants carry them out in different but analogous ways. It also presents the acronym "MRS NERG" to help remember the seven processes.

1. Looking at living things

2. Although all living things look different from each other, they all have seven things in common. These seven things are called life processes . Something is only alive if it does all seven processes.

4. All living things move

5. Animals move their whole bodies to get from one place to another. Plants turn towards the light and their roots grow down into the soil.

6. All living things reproduce

7. Animals have babies. New plants grow from seeds.

8. All living things are sensitive

9. All living things respond to changes. Living things notice changes in their surroundings and react to them. Eg. Plants grow towards the light. Eg. People react to the temperature around them.

10. All living things need nutrition

11. Food is used to provide energy. Green plants make their own food using sunlight. Animals eat plants or other animals.

12. All living things excrete

13. Waste substances must be removed from the body. Plants and animals both need to get rid of waste gas and water.

14. All living things respire

15. Plants and animals use the oxygen in the air to turn food into energy.

16. All living things grow

17. Babies grow into adults. Seedlings grow into plants.

18. 1 Move 2 Reproduce 3 Sensitive 4 Nutrition 5 Excrete 6 Respire 7 Grow

19. M ove R eproduce S ensitive N utrition E xcrete R espire G row They spell MRS NERG

20. Can you remember what each of the letters in her name stand for ?

21. M ove R eproduce S ensitive N utrition E xcrete R espire G row