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Life Processes

TermDefinition
Nutrition How an organism obtains and processes food
Ingest to take food in
Digest to break down food
Egest get rid of undigested material
Autotrophic Nutrition an organism makes its own food
Heterotrophic Nutrition an organism is a consumer and "eats" other organisms
Transport Absorption (materials are taken in) and circulation (materials move around) of materials within an organism
Cellular Respiration a chemical process by which an organism obtains from food, from the breaking of bonds
Aerobic Respiration Uses oxygen to release energy from food
Anaerobic Respiration doesn't use oxygen to release energy from food
Synthesis to chemically combine simple substances to form a more complex substance
Regulation to control and coordination of activities in the body
Excretion getting rid of metabolic wastes
Growth to increase in cell sizes or number of cells
Development changes an organism undergoes, over time
Reproduction making new organisms
Asexual 1 "parent"
Sexual 2 "parents"
Metabolism ALL of the chemical reactions in an organism that help to maintain homeostasis.
Homeostasis -a stable internal environment -balanced equilibrium -optimum environment
ALL LIVING THINGS -Are made of cells -Evolve -Require ENERGY -Require water -Maintain homeostasis in a changing environment -React and respond to changes in the environment -Get rid of metabolic wastes -Interact with the environment and with other organisms
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