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Life Science Vocab
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Homeostasis | Maintaining a constant internal environment |
| Respiration | organisms use oxygen to get energy out of food |
| Transport | Movement of materials around an organism |
| Metabolism | all of the chemical reactions in an organism |
| Synthesis | includes both growth and repair of cells and tissue. |
| Excretion | Removal of gaseous wastes |
| Reproduction | new organisms are created from existing organisms. |
| Nutrition | an organism obtains food from its environment |
| Locomotion | responsible for moving an organism from one place to another. |
| Regulation | When an organism responds to a danger in their environment |