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Life Functions Vocab
Life Functions
Term | Definition |
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absorption | Is the process by which usable materials from food called end products of digestion, are taken into the cells and fluids of the body. |
aerobic organisms | Organisms that need oxygen for respiration. |
anaerobic organisms | organisms that don't need oxygen for their reparatory process. |
digestion | Process that changes food into a form that can be used by the cell. |
egestion | process that removes undigested materials from the body |
excretion | Removal of waste materials produced in the cells as a result of metabolism. |
growth | is an increase in the size and /or number of cells of an organism. |
heterotroph | organisms that are not able to make their own food |
ingestion | when food is taken in from the environment |
metabolism | is the sum of all life processes taking place in an organism. |
nutrients | usable part of food |
organisms | living things |
transport | is the life process that includes absorption and circulation of materials throughout an organism |