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life Processes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nutrition | taking materials (food, oxygen) from the environment and using them in the organism for respiration, muscle building etc. |
| Transport | materials circulating throughout our bodies and cells; like books are checked in and out of a library |
| Respiration | combining oxygen and nutrients to release ENERGY for your cells...this process happens in the MITOCHONDRIA |
| Excretion | removal of cell waste through sweat, going to the bathroom |
| Synthesis | putting together or making; amino acids (simple molecule) are put together to make proteins (complex molecule) |
| process | series of action for achieving a result 1. We breath in Oxygen. 2. It goes in the lungs 3. Oxygen diffuses into the blood |
| structure | a part of a whole object OR the way the parts are organized into a whole. Carbohydrate ___ is very complex. |
| function | the purpose of something. The ___ of a pencil is for writing. |