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Life Processes
study life processes concepts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ability of an organism to obtain nutrients and break them down | nutrition |
| transport | process by which substances enter, leave and are distributed through cells |
| respiration | process of releasing chemical energy |
| synthesis | process of combining simple substances into more complex substances |
| growth | increase in size |
| excretion | process by which wastes and extra substances are removed from organisms |
| regulation | all the activities that help maintain homeostasis |
| reproduction | process by which organisms produce new organisms of their own kind |
| virus | made of cell parts, contains DNA, but must use a host cell to reproduce. Not an organism |
| homeostasis | the maintaining of a constant internal environment; maintain internal stability |
| metabolism | all of the activities that take place within cells |