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Ch. 1 Vocabulary
Living Enviroment
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Biology
8th Grade
09/14/2010

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Biology
Definition
The study of all living things.
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Organisms
Definition
A living thing
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Homeostasis
Definition
The condition of a constant internal enviroment.
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Nutrition
Definition
The process by which organisms take in food and break it down so it can be used for metabolism
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Nutrients
Definition
Substances that an organisms use to for energy, growth, repair, and maintinence.
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Ingestion
Definition
The taking in of food from the enviroment
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Digestion
Definition
Breakdown of complex food materials into simpler forms that an organism can use
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Transport
Definition
Process by which substances enter and leave cells and become distributed within the cells
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Respiration
Definition
The process of releasing chemical energy
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Synthesis
Definition
Combining simple substances to make more complex substances
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Growth
Definition
The process by which living organisms incrase in size
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Excretion
Definition
The removal of wastes from the body
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Regulation
Definition
All activities that help to maintain an organism's homeostasis
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Reproduction
Definition
Process by which living things produce new organisms of their own kind
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Asexual Reproduction
Definition
A single parent produces the offspring that are identical to the parent
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Sexual Reproduction
Definition
Process in which two parents make offspring, and offspring is not exactly identical to the parent
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Metabolism
Definition
All chemical reactions occuring within the cells of an organism
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