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Life Processes
These are the 8 life processes that you need to understand.
Question | Answer |
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Growth | to increase in size; change shape or function |
Nutrition | taking materials from the environment and turning them into useable form |
Transport | materials moving in and out of our cells and throughout an organism |
Respiration | combining oxygen and nutrients to release ENERGY for your cells...occurs in the MITOCHONDRIA |
Excretion | removal of waste from the cell and/or from an organism (sweat, urine, breathing out). |
Regulation | maintaining a stable internal environment |
Reproduction | making more of your type of organism |
Synthesis | building or making; taking something from simple to complex (examples: Photosynthesis & Protein Synthesis). |