Livng things
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Cells | The basic unit of all living things |
| movement | Important for finding food, hiding from danger, raising young, and shelter |
| Growth and development | All living things grow (produce more cells or replace cells by mitosis) and develop throughout their life |
| Reproduction | the process of generating offspring |
| Respond to stimulus | change in the environment. ex: temperature, light, sound |
| Metabolism | set of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials as it carries out its life processes |
| Ingestion | the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) |
| Digestion | the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body |
| Respiration | the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules |
| Excretion | the bodily process of discharging waste matter |
| Energy | Primary source is the sun |
| Food | To help produce energy |
| water | a fluid necessary for the life of most animals and plants |
| oxygen | Necessary for the process of respiration |
| Living Space | Organisms complete within their environment to get a proper amount of food, water, and energy |
| Competition | the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources |
| Proper Temperature | An ability of an organism the keep conditions inside its body the same |
| Warmblooded | maintaining a regular body temp |
| coldblooded | having a body temperature that changes with the temperature of its surroundings |
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