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What is homeostasis
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the maintenance of a constant internal enviornment
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What are the life processes
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Metabolism
Respiration Synthesis Transport Regulation Assimilation Nutrition Growth Excretion Reproduction |
Mr. Stranger
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Define Metabolism
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all chemical activities an organism must carry on to sustain life
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Respiration
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breaking down food source and releasing energy to the organism
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Synthesis
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taking smaller substances and putting htem together to make a bigger substance
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Transport
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movement of materials into and around parts of an organism
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Regulation
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the control and coordination of all life functions
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Assimilation
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incorporation of materials into the organism
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Nutrition
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process that provides all of the substances necessary for growth and repair
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Growth
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increase in size of the organism due to an increase in cell size or number of cells
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Excretion
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process of eliminating wastes
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Reproduction
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process by which new organisms are produced (sexually or asexually)
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