characteristics of life 3/9/24 Flashcards

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Oscar Never Eats Red Raddishes

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O- organisation
N- nutrition
E- excretion
R- response
R- reproduction

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Autotroph

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Produces its own food

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Heterotroph

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Eats other organisms for food

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Metabolism

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Sum of all chemical reactions in an organism

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Catabolic

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large molecules are broken down into small molecules ( breaking down of fat for energy )

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Anabolic

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Small molecules used to make large molecules ( using protein to build muscle )

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Continuity

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All living things originate from similar living things

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Homeostasis

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Maintaining the same internal conditions

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