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Life Functions
Biology Life Functions
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Biology
10th Grade
09/19/2012

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Nutrition
Definition
To obtain and process food. (Preformed organic compounds)
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Ingestion
Definition
To take in food
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Digestion
Definition
Elimination
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Elimination
Definition
Getting rid of cellular waste
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Excretion
Definition
Getting rid of cellular or metabolic waste. (Urine, sweat, etc.)
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Transport
Definition
Moving of materials with in an organism.
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Respiration
Definition
To get energy from food.
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Synthesis
Definition
To combine simple things to make complex.
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Homeostasis
Definition
To maintain a stable internal environment.
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Reproduction
Definition
Make more of a species.
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Reproduction - Sexual
Definition
Have gametes (Usually 2 parents)
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Reproduction - Asexual
Definition
Identical to parent. (1 Parent)
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Growth
Definition
1.) Cell gets larger.
2.) More cells produced. (Multi-cellular)
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Metabolism
Definition
All life functions how fast/slow you do things.
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Response
Definition
Living things respond to changes in there own environment.
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Stimulus
Definition
Change in the environment.
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Locomotion
Definition
Move from place to place.
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