2. THE BASIC LIFE
PROCESS-
o -NUTRITION &
DIGESTION
o -BREATHING &
RESPIRATION
o -TRANSPORTATION
o -LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
o -EXCRETION
3. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS
Living thing can crawl, move from place to place.
Living thing intake food, breathe air & drink water.
Living thing can grow & develop.
Living thing responds to stimuli.
Living thing can breathe & respire to release
energy.
Living thing excrete to get rid of waste.
Living thing produce their young ones.
4. WHAT IS LIFE PROCESS????
The basic essential and necessary function performed
by living organism to maintain their life on earth are
called life processes.
5. NUTRITION
o NUTRITION IS A BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS OF TAKING IN FOOD
AND UTILIZING IT TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN LIFE.
o NUTRIENT-
o IT IS A SUBSTANCE WHICH AN ORGANISM OBTAIN FROM
SURROUNDING AND USES IT FOR BIOSYNTHESIS OF ITS
BODY CONSTITUENT.
o CATEGORIES OF NUTRIENT
o MACRONUTRIENTS:
o 1- CARBOHYDRATE- INSTANT SOURCE OF ENERGY.
o 2- PROTEINS- BUILDING BLOCK OF LIFE.
o 3- FATS- STORED FORM OF ENERGY.
o MICRONUTRIENTS:
o 4- MINERALS- HELP IN FORMATION OF BONES & TEETH.
o 5- VITAMINS – PROTECTING & SHIELDING UNIT OF LIFE.
6. MODES OF NUTRITION
AUTOTROPIC-
( A U T O - S E L F, T R O P H E - N U T R I T I O N )
T H O S E O R G A N I S M W H I C H S Y N T H E S I Z E T H E I R F O O D
F R O M S I M P L E I N O R G A N I C M AT E R I A L I N P R E S E N C E O F
S U N L I G H T A N D C H L O R O P H Y L L .
E X A M P L E - C YA N O B A C T E R I A , G R E E N P L A N T S .
HETEROTROPHIC-
( H E T E R O - O T H E R , T R O P H E - N U T R I T I O N
T H O S E O R G A N I S M W H I C H C A N N O T S Y N T H E S I Z E T H E I R
F O O D F R O M S I M P L E I N O R G A N I C M AT E R I A L A N D D E P E N D
O N O T H E R O R G A N I S M F O R F O O D .
E X A M P L E - A G R O B A C T E R I U M , X A N T H O M O N A S ,
R H I Z O B I U M , S A L M O N E L L A , D E E R , T I G E R .
KINDS OF NUTRITION
- SA PR O TR O PH I C N U TR I TIO N - FO O D O BTAIN ED
FR O M D EC AYI N G O R G AN IS M.
- PAR A SIT IC N U TR ITIO N - A N U TR ITIO N IN W H IC H
O R G AN ISM O BTAIN FO O D FR O M L IV IN G
O R G AN ISM .
- H O L O ZO IC N U TR I TIO N - A N U T R IT IO N IN W H IC H
O R G AN ISM I N TAKE SO L ID F O O D .
7. NUTRITION IN PLANTS
MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD FROM CARBON
DIOXIDE AND WATER BY USING SUNLIGHT
IN PRESENCE OF CHLOROPHYLL IS CALLED
PHOTOSYNTHESIS.
-THE FOOD PREPARED BY LEAVES IS
PRESENT IN FORM OF GLUCOSE.
THE EXTRA GLUCOSE IS STORED IN FORM
OF STARCH.
-THE GREEN PLANT CONVERT SOLAR
ENERGY INTO CHEMICAL ENERGY.