Need help in identifying the reason my MacBook (late 2008) is slow?

Hello to all...
I have had my MacBook since I graduated high school and have never had a single problem with it. Here more recently (a year or so), it has been slowing down incredibly just trying to play videos or opening up more than one tab in my browser (safari or chrome). I also cannot seem to open more than one application at a time on my computer without the whole computer locking up.
Here are my MacBook's specifications:
MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)
Processor 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Startup Disk Macintosh HD
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
13.3-inch (1280x800)
Macintosh HD
102.44 GB free of 159.18 GB
Your Mac contains 2 memory slots, each of which accepts
a 1067 MHz DDR3 memory module.
All memory slots are currently in use.
I have included screenshots of my Activity Monitor window to further answer any questions I thought might arise.
This MacBook has been through a lot with me, I have already used a program to wipe all "unneeded" programs from my MacBook. It seemed to get slightly faster, but I am sure this is partially a placebo effect. At this point I have looked into just getting a new computer, but this one was a gift and I still to this day have no where near enough money to buy a new MacBook. I am very one sided for Apple, as I have had several Windows and just didn't have as much luck with them. None have lasted near as long as this computer and I plan to keep it going for as long as it can.
If you have ANY questions for me feel free to ask, I can try to answer to my best knowledge. I am not a big computer person, so any technical language would be greatly appreciated if it were slightly translated for me. I hope this is a well enough composed forum entry to answer without too much trouble. Thanks for any and all help.

2GB of RAM isn't enough for Yosemite. Here are the options you have (doing all of them is really going to help, but doing 1 of them will help too):
Add RAM if your Mac supports it
Downgrade the OS back to mavericks or mountain lion (Note however that this is not supported by Apple)
(if you do not want to do the latter) :  Run a clean install of Yosemite.
Change the Drive for an SSD (a 128GB SSD costs about 100$).

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