| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Life Functions | Processes that all living things must perform |
| Nutrition | the taking in of food for energy, growth, and repair. |
| Ingestion | the taking in of food |
| Digestion | breaking down food into usable form |
| Egestion | removal of undigestable material |
| Growth | the increase in size and/or number of cells |
| Transport | The movement of materials around a cell or organism |
| Passive Transport | The movement of molecules from high concentration to low concentration without ising energy |
| Osmosis | movement of water across a membrane |
| Diffusion | the speading out of particles or molecules |
| Active Transport | movement of molecules from high concentration to low concentration using energy |
| Cellular Respiration | the process of converting food energy into chemical energy |
| Aerobic Respiration | the breaking of chemical bonds using oxygen to relaese energy |
| Anaerobic Respiration | the breaking of chemical bonds without using oxygen |
| Excrection | the removal of toxic wastes: 1) urine 2)sweat (acids, salts, oils, urine) 3) CO2, 4) Methane (CH4) |
| Reproduction | the making of new cells or individuals |
| Asexual Reproduction | reproduction invoving only one parent cell, offspring are identical to parent cell |
| Regeneration | the replacement of lost body parts |
| Cloning | make an exact copy |
| Budding | the unequal division of a cell |
| Binanary Fission | the division of one cell into two cells |
| Sexual Reproduction | reproduction involving two parents, offspring looks similar to parents |
| Regulation | the control and coordination of all life functions |
| Homeostasis | maintains a stable internal environment |
| Metabolism | all chemical reactions in a cell |
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