Wildlife Biology and Ecology Flashcards
what is a life process
A process necessary to live
How many processes are there
8 growth and repair nutrition circulation respiration secretion sensations locomotion reproduction
what is growth and repair
increase size by adding cells or cells grow
What is nutrition
food ingested and absorbed
what is circulation
movement if substances within an organism
what is respiration
breathing
what is secretion
production within organism of watery substances needed for life process
what are sensations
ability to feel or gather information from the environment
what is locomotion
movement; moving from one place to another
what is reproduction
producing new organisms of the same species; both asexual and sexual
which of the 8 processes can you live without
reproduction
what is life span
how long you live
what is an ecosystem
community of abiotic and biotic factors
what is saphrophage
organisms that eat dead plants and animals
what are the two food groups (hint: living and dead)
saphrophage and biophage