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Life Processes Test
Life Processes vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Digestion | The process by which complex foods are broken down into simpler substances. |
| Ingestion | The process by which animals take in food. |
| Respiration | The process by which living things take in oxygen and use it to help produce energy. |
| Excretion | The process by which waste is removed from an animal. |
| Food getting | When an animal searches for food. |
| Circulation | When substances are carried around the body. |
| Response | An action of an organism due to a change in its surroundings. |
| Stimulus | An action that changes for an organism that warrants a response. |
| Element | A substance that cannot be broken down into a simpler substance. |
| Carbohydrates | Sugars and starches are examples of these. |
| Autotroph | An organism that can make its own food. Example: tree |
| Heterotroph | An organism that cannot make its own food. Example: human or mushroom |
| Growth | The process of getting bigger and increasing the number of cells. |
| Development | The process of becoming more complex. |
| Spontaneous Generation | The belief that life appears all by itself |
| Louis Pasteur | The scientist that used swan neck bottles to disprove spontaneous generation |
| Francesco Redi | The scientist the used jars, cloth and flies to disprove spontaneous generation |
| Respiration Equation | Oxygen + Glucose --> Carbon Dioxide + Water + Energy (ATP) |
| Photosynthesis Equation | Carbon Dioxide + Water --> Oxygen and Glucose |
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