BASIC LIFE PROCESSES
- Metabolism- sum of all the chemical processes that occur in the body
- Catabolism- breakdown of complex chemical substances into simpler components
Example: digestion of food
- Anabolism- the building up of complex chemical substances from smaller, simpler components
Example: amino acid form part of proteins that eventually turn into muscles
2. Responsiveness- body’s ability to detect or response to stimulus (may be external or internal)
Example: flinching when we are startled
3. Movement- motion of the whole body, individual organs, single cell, and even structures inside cell
Example: movement of sperm cell towards the egg cell
4. Growth- increase in body/cell size or increase in the number of cell
Example: getting taller
5. Differentiation- development of a cell from an unspecialized to a specialized cell (glow up cell version)
Example: when stem cells turn into sex cell, immune cell, blood cell
6. Reproduction- formation of new cells or production of a new individual
Example: fertilization and pregnancy