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andres 8 life proces
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is growth? | an increase in size or number of cells |
| What is regulation? | maintaining homeostasis |
| What are the systems that carry it out? | nervous and endocrine systems |
| What is homeostasis | maintaining a stable interlnal environment when the external environment is changing |
| what is respiration | the process of releasing chemical energy stored in nutrients |
| what is reproduction | the process of producing new organisms |
| charicteristics of asexual reproduction | one parent,offspring identical to parent |
| characteristics of sexual reproduction | two parents, offspring has rraits from both parents |
| difference b/w transport and locomotion | transport- moves materials through body locomotion- moving nutrients |
| what is homeostasis | maintaining a stable internal environment when the external environment is changing |
| what is metabolism | all the chemical reactions occuring in an organism |
| what does the nervous system do | this system sends messages using nerve impulses |
| what does the endocrine system do | sends messages using hormones |
| what is resolution | a measure of clarity of an image |