Life processes – The processes that are necessary for an organism to stay alive. Eg. Nutrition, respiration, etc. Criteria of life - (i) Growth (ii) Movement Nutrition - The process of taking in food and its utilizes it to get energy, for growth, repair and maintenance, etc. and excretes the waste materials from the body is called Nutrition. Types of nutrition 1. Autotrophic nutrition (Auto =self: trophos = nourishment) E.g. Plants, Algae, blue green bacteria. Process – Photosynthesis (Photo=light; Synthesis= to combine) Raw materials- (i) Carbon dioxide (ii)Water Chlorophyll Formula : C55H72O5N4Mg Equation- 6CO 2 + 6H 2 O sunlight / Chlorophyl -----> C 6 H 12 O 6 + 6O 2 Energy conversion- Light/Solar energy to Chemical energ Role off Chlorophyll- To trap the sun’s energy for photosynthe...