Diff: 2 Page Ref: 685-686. 18) If the vagal nerves to the heart were cut, the result would be that ________. A) the heart would stop, since the vagal nerves trigger the heart to contract. B) the heart rate would increase by about 25 beats per minute. C) the AV node would become the pacemaker of the heart.
Living things have seven essential processes in common:  movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion and nutrition. All things fall into one of three categories: living, used to be living or not living; the presence of all seven life processes indicates a living thing.
What are the 7 life processes of plants? Movement is simply the ability to get from one place to another. Reproduction is the ability to create offspring. Sensitivity refers to the ability to react to the world around them using the five senses, hearing, sight, smell, touch and taste.