New
New
Year 7

The common processes of all living organisms

I can describe processes that happen in all living organisms.

New
New
Year 7

The common processes of all living organisms

I can describe processes that happen in all living organisms.

Lesson details

Key learning points

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

Common misconception

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.

Keywords

  • 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.

The concept 'living thing' is often poorly understood. This lesson consolidates knowledge of processes that happen in all living organisms. The next lesson progresses on to the idea that all organisms are made of cells.
Teacher tip

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which two of these things are living?
A car
A cloud
Correct answer: A dog
Correct answer: A plant
A rock
Q2.
Which one of these things does not have a life cycle?
A frog
A dandelion
A human
Correct answer: A fire
Q3.
What is a life cycle?
How long a living thing stays alive.
Correct answer: 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.
Q4.
In which three stages of the life cycle of a frog does it move by itself?
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Frog spawn
Correct answer: Tadpole
Correct answer: Froglet
Correct answer: Frog
Q5.
Which of the following describes a piece of wood?
Correct answer: Dead
Alive
Never been alive
Q6.
Which of these processes happen in all living things?
Correct answer: Growth
Correct answer: Nutrition
Walking
Correct answer: Reproduction
Thinking
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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these statements describes a fire?
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Living
Dead
Correct answer: Never been alive
Q2.
Match the process to the correct description.
Correct Answer:Reproduction,Making offspring

Making offspring

Correct Answer:Growth ,Increasing in size or repairing damage

Increasing in size or repairing damage

Correct Answer:Nutrition,Using food and other nutrients to stay alive

Using food and other nutrients to stay alive

Correct Answer:Respiration,Using food as fuel to provide energy

Using food as fuel to provide energy

Q3.
When is movement a sign of life?
Always
Correct answer: 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.
Q4.
Which of these examples of movement show that a plant is alive?
Plants taking in water through their roots.
Correct answer: Plants' leaves turning to face the light.
Correct answer: Plants wrapping their stems around structures for support.
Plants' seeds being carried away by the wind.
Q5.
If an organism is dead then its has stopped.
Correct Answer: life cycle, life, life processes, life-cycle
Q6.
Choose the statements that correctly define a seed as a living organism.
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Correct answer: It moves at some point in its life cycle.
It can move.
It carries out all of the common processes of living organisms.
Correct answer: It carries out all the common processes of living organisms in its life cycle.