Life Processes
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| Ingestion | To take food into the body
ex: eating a hamburger
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| Nutrition | The process by which organisms take in and utilize food material
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| Transport | The absorption and movement of materials throughout an organism
ex: food moving from the stomach to the intestines
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| Synthesis | The combining of simple substances to form more complex substances
ex: combining water, light, and energy to make sugars in plants
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| Regulation | The response of an organism to a changing environment in order to maintain homeostasis
ex: the human body releases sweat in the heat in order to cool the body to maintain a regular body temp.
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| Digestion | The breaking down of food particles
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| Respiration | A series of chemical reactions that release stored energy in nutrients
ex: plants breaking down glucose to release energy
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| Metabolism | The sum of all the life processes required to sustain life
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| Excretion | The removal of metabolic waste
ex: urinating
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| Egestion | The removal of undigested foods
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| Reproduction | The ability of an organism to produce more of its own kind/offspring
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| Growth | The increase in size of an organism
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| Homeostasis | The ability of an organism to maintain a constant stable internal environment
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