life processes

Question 0

organism

Answer 0

an individual living thing

Question 1

biology

Answer 1

the study of life

Question 2

nutrition

Answer 2

process by which an organism obtains material from the environment and changes them into a form they can use

Question 3

nutrition: nutrients

Answer 3

materials from the environment

Question 4

nutrition: ingestion

Answer 4

taking materials in

Question 5

nutrition: digestion

Answer 5

changing to form that can be used

Question 6

nutrition: egestion

Answer 6

getting rid of undigested food

Question 7

transport

Answer 7

(circulation and movement) substances are absorbed and distributed around an organism

Question 8

transport: small organism

Answer 8

exchange directly with the environment

Question 9

transport: large organism

Answer 9

need circulatory system

Question 10

respiration

Answer 10

obtain energy from food; series of complex chemical reactions. energy is used to carry out other life processes

Question 11

excretion

Answer 11

removal of toxic cellular wastes that produced from life processes. material has been digested and absorbed

Question 12

synthesis

Answer 12

small simple substances are combined to form large complex substances. allows organism to grow

Question 13

regulation

Answer 13

control and coordination of organism activities

Question 14

homeostasis

Answer 14

maintaining constant internal conditions. steady state; dynamic equilibrium

Question 15

growth

Answer 15

an increase in size or number of cells

use products of synthesis

Question 16

reproduction

Answer 16

making new individuals. individuals can survive without reproduction. must be carried out by species to survive

Question 17

metabolism

Answer 17

the sum total of the life processes; all of chemical reactions in an organism together