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.

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.

Common misconception