Is It Alive?

Walt: for a specific purpose

Is it alive?

All living things move in some way, a pencil on the other hand can not. Movement is important in life as you need to move to different places. But! As a pencil all you must do is write. But is it still alive? The answer is NO! Pencils have no type of way of moving, but if being controlled by a human it can move.

Respiration is the next life processes. Respiration is a chemical reaction that happens to release energy from food. All living organisms breathe and at a normal pace to keep alive. Pencil’s don’t have a nose or mouth to breathe in and out of, so they have no type of way of respiration which leads to a non living organism.

Sensitivity. The ability to detect changes in the environment around us. All living organisms have sensitivity to detect changes, as a pencil it doesn't have sensitivity. Pencil’s don’t need sensitivity but some pencils are created to have sensitivity like pencils that are used on screens.

All living organisms start from small things like eggs, and seeds that grow into bigger living organisms. Pencils actually grow smaller exactly the opposite to how other living organisms grow. This is because you use a pencil to draw.

The fifth life process is reproduction. Reproduction is the ability to reproduce babies to create generations. There is asexual reproduction and sexual reproudction. Pencil can’t reproduce, their made to draw but not have babies.

Living organisms excretion, getting rid of waste inside of your body. This is to release gas or waste from your body to clean the inside to keep healthy. Pencil’s don’t have waste inside of their body’s to get rid of. They can shed once sharpened but that’s basically not excretion.

The very last life process is the most important process to keep alive. Nutrition. Food is one of the very most important sources on this world. This is because food has nutrition that keeps all living organisms alive and healthy. But does pencils need nutrition? The answer is no! The reason that backs up this statement is that pencils don’t need nutrition and it can’t eat any sort of food. Pencils are made to do specific things but it wasn’t made to eat. 

___________________________________________

Task Description:

This week we have been focusing on the seven life process, this can also be called " Mrs Gren. ". Our task this week was to understand the seven life process clearly, and write a following piece of writing that included information about what we understand about the seven life process. But there's a twist! We got the opportunity to choose an object in class and see if that object was living or not by using the seven life processes!