There is something running in the background of my MacBook Pro

There is an air fan noise running on my mac all the time. Also it is sucking my battery life down bad, it sounds as if something is running in the background of my computer. How do I fix this?

It is a good idea to include the machine type and OS version in your problem posts.
Run Activity Monitor, select ll processes, and order by CPU usage.

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