1. Responsiveness
Responsiveness refers to the ability of the body to detect and react to changes. An example includes pulling your hands away when you touch a sharp object.
2. Movement
Motion of the whole body, organs, or cells. For example, glands are secreting chemicals to regulate body functions.
3. Growth
Refers to increase in body size through an increase in the number or size of cells. For example, tadpoles becoming frogs.
4. Differentiation
Differentiation is a developmental process by which unspecialized cells change into specialized cells with distinctive structural and functional characteristics. For example, stem cells differentiating into secretory cells.
5. Reproduction
This life process refers either to the formation of a new organism or new cells. For instance, plants produce seeds that give rise to new plants of the same species.
6. Metabolism
Metabolism is a broad term that includes all the chemical reactions that occur in the body. Breaking down glucose molecules is an example of metabolism.