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Life Functions

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