Life Processes and Human Physiology

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Course Outline

  1. Food and Energy Needs
  2. Modes of Nutrition
  3. Photosynthesis in Plants
  4. Human Nutrients and Balanced Diet
  5. Human Digestion
  6. Deficiency and Food Adulteration
  7. Transport in Plants
  8. Human Circulatory System
  9. Blood, Lymph, and Disorders
  10. Respiration and Gas Exchange
  11. Mechanism of Human Breathing
  12. Human Excretion and Kidneys

1. Food and Energy Needs

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Life processes: The activities by which living organisms take in food, derive energy, remove waste, and respond to environmental changes.
  • Nutrition: The process by which living beings obtain food, convert it into simple absorbable forms, and use it to make substances needed by the body.

Essential Points

  • Food provides energy for life processes, raw materials for growth and tissue repair, and materials for producing enzymes and hormones.

2. Modes of Nutrition

Key Concepts & Definitions

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1. Which combination best describes the roles of food in living organisms?

2. What does nutrition involve in a living organism?

3. Which activity is an example of a life process?

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What are life processes in living organisms?

Activities like taking in food, deriving energy, removing waste, and responding to changes.

What does food provide for life processes?

Energy for life processes.

What else does food provide besides energy?

Raw materials for growth and tissue repair.

What materials does food provide for enzyme and hormone production?

Materials for producing enzymes and hormones.

What is nutrition?

The process of obtaining food, converting it into absorbable forms, and making needed substances.

How do autotrophic organisms obtain their food?

They manufacture their own food.

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