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Life Process

  Life processes     •   Constantly exhibit the functions of maintenance and repair in living organisms     •   Some Examples- Digestion, Respiration, Circulation etc. Nutrition     •   Process of obtaining nutrients from the environment i.e. intake of food and then its digestion in the body.     •   Two types – Autotrophic (self-sufficient for food) and Heterotrophic (dependent on others for food). Autotrophic nutrition     •   Synthesis of food by photosynthesis- ‘photo’ means light and ‘synthesis’ means production. It is the production of food with the help of sunlight.     •   Photosynthesis equation-           6CO 2 +6H 2 O give C 6 H 12 O 6 +6O 2     •   Events of photosynthesis are as ...