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| Organisms | Living things |
| Life Functions | Processes or activities, common to all living things |
| Nutrition | The life processess in which the organism obtains (gets) and processes food |
| Autotrophs | Organisms that are able to make their own food |
| Heterotrophs | Organisms that are NOT able to make their own food |
| Ingestion | The way food is taken into an organism from its environment |
| Digestion | The process that changes food into a form that can be used by the cell |
| Transport | The life process that includes the absorption and circulation of materials throughout the organism |
| Absorption | The process by which the usable materials from food are taken into the cells and fluids of the body |
| Circulation | The movement f materials to and from the cells, within cells, and/or throught an organism |
| Excretion | The removal of waste materials produced in the cells as a result of life activities |
| Egestion | The process that removes undigested materials from the body |
| Regulation | The life process responsible for the control and coordination of all the various activities of an organism |
| Stimulus | A change in the internal or external environment |
| Synthesis | The process of producing complex substances from simpler substances |
| Growth | An increase in the size and/or number of cells of an organism |
| Locomotion | The process of moving from place to place |
| Motile | A condition of organisms that are able to move from place to place |
| Sessile | A condition of an organism that remains in one place their whole life |
| Reproduction | The production (making) of new organisms or cells |
| Metabolism | The sum total of all the life processes taking pace in an organism |
| Homeostasis | The maintenance of a stable internal (inside) environment in spite of changes in the external (outside) environment |
| Dynamic equilibrium | Another term for homeostasis |
| Feedback Mechanisms | Mechanisms for self-regulation |
