Discuss the six basic life processes and your own example for each.
BASIC LIFE PROCESSES
1. Metabolism- sum of all the chemical processes that occur in the body
Catabolism- breakdown of complex chemical substances into simpler components
Example: Fats, which are large lipid molecules, are also degraded to produce energy and to create other molecules.
Anabolism- the building up of complex chemical substances from smaller, simpler components
Example: Growth of body parts such as bones and muscles
2. Responsiveness- body’s ability to detect or response to stimulus (may be external or internal)
Example: When your skin gets a 2nd degree burn you will feel sore in that part of the skin
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: Height Growth
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: Mitosis