Class 10th science notes chapter 6 Life process
Class 10 Science Notes CHAPTER – 6 LIFE PROCESSES. All living things perform certain life processes like growth, excretion, respiration, circulation etc. The basic functions performed by living organisms for their survival and body maintenance are called life process. Basic life processes are : Nutrition, Respiration, Transportation, Excretion etc. Life Processes require energy which is provided by nutrition. Modes of Nutrition 1. Autotrophic :-Kind of nutrition in which organisms can synthesize their own food Eg. Green Plants 2. Heterotrophic:- Kind of nutrition of which organisms do not possess the ability to synthesize their own food. They depend on autotrophs for their food supply directly or indirectly. Eg. Animals, Fung