NECESSARY LIFE FUNCTIONS & SURVIVAL NEEDS

Question 1

Maintains boundaries

Answer 1

Remember the bone marrow lecture. Imagine a part of your femur brakes, & fragments of it are scattered throughout that area of the body. Your body will view those bones as a threat & attack that bone. In the process, other parts of your body will be harmed.

Question 2

Movement
(inputs & outputs)

Answer 2

To live, your body must be able to have locomotion(internal movement) & movement of substance. For example, your blood flow, or the transfer of proteins on a cellular level.

Question 3

Responsiveness

Answer 3

ability to sense changes & react

Question 4

Digestion

Answer 4

break down & absorption of nutrients

Question 5

Nutrients

Answer 5

metabolism- chemical reaction within the body

-produces energy
-makes body structures

Question 6

Excretion

Answer 6

Eliminates waste from metabolic reactions

Question 7

Reproduction(cells)

Answer 7

Produces a future generation.

Question 8

Growth

Answer 8

Increase cell size & number cells

Question 9

Nutrients(SURVIVAL NEEDS)

Answer 9

One must need chemicals for energy & cell building. This includes carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamins, & minerals.

Question 10

Oxygen(SURVIVAL NEEDS)

Answer 10

Essential for chemical reactions in the body.

Question 11

Water(SURVIVAL NEEDS)

Answer 11

You are 60%-80% water. As you get older, you will lose water. Water allows for metabolic reaction, & stable body temperature.

Question 12

Atmospheric pressure

Answer 12

Must be appropriate.