[ **up: [[Biology]]** ] --- # Vital processes (Biology) The processes necessary for an organism to live, and which shape an organism’s capacity for interacting with its environment.[^1] **Regulation** **of biological processes** is when a process is modulated re. frequency, rate, or extent.[^1] --- ## Examples of vital processes - [[Homeostasis (Biology)]]. - [[Organisation (Biology)]]: ‘being structurally composed of one or more cells.’[^1] - **Metabolism**: transformation of energy into cellular components (anabolism) and decomposing organic matter (catabolism). - **Growth**: maintenance of a higher rate of anabolism than catabolism. - **Response to stimuli**: can take many forms, but is often expressed by motion (e.g. plants turning towards the sun). - **Interaction between organisms**: ‘the processes by which an organism has an observable effect on another organism of the same or different species.’[^1] - **Cellular differentiation** - **Fermentation** - **Fertilisation** - **Germination** - **Hybridisation** - **Tropism** - **Metamorphosis** - **Morphogenesis** - **Photosynthesis** - **Transpiration** --- - *See also:* - [[Chemicals and the vital processes (Biology)]] - [[Biological rhythms]] [^1]: ‘Biological process’, *Wikipedia*, updated 15 May 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_process.