The common processes of all living organisms | Science

Starter quiz

Which two of these things are living?
- A car
- A cloud
- A dog ✓
- A plant ✓
- A rock
Which one of these things does not have a life cycle?
- A frog
- A dandelion
- A human
- A fire ✓
What is a life cycle?
- How long a living thing stays alive.
- The different stages a living thing goes through during its life. ✓
- The cycle of life and death.
- The relationship between living things.
- How a living thing reproduces.
In which three stages of the life cycle of a frog does it move by itself?
- Frog spawn
- Tadpole ✓
- Froglet ✓
- Frog ✓
Which of the following describes a piece of wood?
- Dead ✓
- Alive
- Never been alive
Which of these processes happen in all living things?
- Growth ✓
- Nutrition ✓
- Walking
- Reproduction ✓
- Thinking

Which of these statements describes a fire?
- Living
- Dead
- Never been alive ✓
Match the process to the correct description.
- Reproduction
  
  ⇔
  
  Making offspring ✓
- Growth
  
  ⇔
  
  Increasing in size or repairing damage ✓
- Nutrition
  
  ⇔
  
  Using food and other nutrients to stay alive ✓
- Respiration
  
  ⇔
  
  Using food as fuel to provide energy ✓
When is movement a sign of life?
- Always
- Only when the thing moves itself to achieve something. ✓
- Only when the thing moves to find food.
- Never, because even non-living things can move.
Which of these examples of movement show that a plant is alive?
- Plants taking in water through their roots.
- Plants' leaves turning to face the light. ✓
- Plants wrapping their stems around structures for support. ✓
- Plants' seeds being carried away by the wind.
If an organism is dead then its ______ has stopped.
- 'life cycle' ✓
Choose the statements that correctly define a seed as a living organism.
- It moves at some point in its life cycle. ✓
- It can move.
- It carries out all of the common processes of living organisms.
- It carries out all the common processes of living organisms in its life cycle. ✓

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The same life processes happen in all living organisms.
These life processes include movement, reproduction, sensitivity, growth, respiration, excretion and nutrition.
All living organisms are made from other living organisms when they reproduce.
Movement is a sign of life when the organism moves itself to achieve something.
All these processes happen at some stage in the life cycle of every living organism.

Plants are not living organisms; non-living things are alive; any type of movement is a sign of life

The lesson explores common life processes in a variety of organisms, including plants and microorganisms, and explores movement in detail.

Living - All things that are living (alive) carry out a common set of processes including movement, growth and reproduction.
Organism - An organism is something that is living, or was once living but is now dead.
Movement - Movement is when a living organism moves itself (or part of itself) from one place to another.
Life cycle - A life cycle is made up of the stages a living organism goes through in its life.