Organisms use Energy or Life Processes

Life Processes Name _________________ Period _____

1. Life processes are the things an organism has to do to stay _____________.

2. Taking in food is called _____________________.

3. Getting rid of waste products is called _________________.

4. Changing food into a usable form is called ________________.

In the boxes below, circle yes or no if the object in the left column is able to perform the life processes. If every answer in a row is yes, the object is living. Circle the living things.

Life Processes

	Gets Energy	Uses Energy	Grows	Reproduces	Gets rid of waste	Reacts to Outside change
rock	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No
bread	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No
tree	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No
rope	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No
cat	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No
mold	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No

Identify these animals by their needs or life processes.

5. Feed me                                6. Feed me                                   7. Change my water weekly
   Give me water                            Give me water                              Feed me
   Brush me                                    Change my liter                            Keep me in a shady spot
   I need a walk                              I need a scratching post               I need a plant
   ______________                     ______________                       ______________

8. Feed me seeds                         9. Feed me seeds
    Give me water                            Cover my cage at night
    Change my wood shavings             Give me water
    I need an exercise wheel             I need a cuttle bone
    ______________                     Change the newspaper in my cage
                                                    ______________