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| the study of living things |
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| the condition of a stable internal enviorment in an organism |
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| the process by which organisms take in food and break it down so it can be used for metabolism |
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| taking in of food from the enviornment |
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| the mechanical and chemical breaking down of food into smaller components that can be absorbed into a blood stream, for instance |
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| the process by which substances move in to or out of cells and are distributed within cells |
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| the process of releasing energy in a complex series chemical reactions |
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| the chemical combining of simple substances to form more complex substances |
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| the incorporation of materials into the organisms body |
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| the process by which living organisms increase in size |
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| the removal of waste from an organisms body |
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| all the activities that help to maintain an organisms homeostasis |
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| a single individual produces offspring and are identical to the parent |
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| there are two parts, and the offspring are not identical to either parent |
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| all chemical reactions that ocure inside the cell s of an organism |
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