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life functions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| biology | the study of life and living organisms |
| metabolism | the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. |
| life | the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death. |
| aerobic | relating to, involving, or requiring free oxygen |
| organism | an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form. |
| anaerobic | relating to, involving, or requiring an absence of free oxygen. |
| life processes | are the series of actions that are essential to determine if an animal is alive. Living things have seven essential processes in common: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion and nutrition. |
| sexual | relating to the instincts, physiological processes, and activities connected with physical attraction or intimate physical contact between individuals. |
| biotic | of, relating to, or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations. |
| growth | the process of increasing in physical size. |
| reproduction | the action or process of making a copy of something. |
| regulation | a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority. |
| respiration | the action of breathing. |
| excretion | a product of excretion |
| transport | take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship. |
| synthesis | the combination of ideas to form a theory or system |
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