| A | B |
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| Nutrition | the use of nutrients by an organism |
| Digestion | the process that breaks down large food molecules into forms that can be used by the cell |
| Absorption | the ability of a cell to take in nutrients, water, geases, and other substances from its surroundings |
| Transport | the movement of nutrients, water, gases, and other substances into and out of the cell |
| Synthesis (Biosynthesis) | the cell process of building new chemical compounds for repair, growth, and reproduction |
| Respiration | the release of energy (ATP) from the chemcial breakdown of compounds within the cell |
| Secretion | the release of substances from a cell |
| Response | the ability to react to a stimulus |
| Excretion | the ability of a cell to rid itself of waste products |
| Photosynthesis | process in which a plant makes food from water and carbon dioxide, using energy from the sun |
| Reproduction | the process of creaing new cells from a parent cell or parent cells |
| Metabolism | the sum of a chemical reactions in an organism or cell |
| Homeostasis | the ability of an organism to maintain a steady internal state, regardless of what is occuring in the external environment |
