| A | B |
|---|
| organism | whole, living thing |
| cells | basic unit of living things |
| life functions | activities needed to maintain life |
| nutrition | obtaining and processing food |
| transport | absorbing and releasing, also circulating |
| respiration | converting energy to a usable form |
| excretion | removing waste products |
| synthesis | building big molecules from small ones |
| regulation | coordination and control, responding to changes |
| growth | increase in cell size and cell number |
| reproduction | new cells arising from already existing cells |
| metabolism | all of the life functions activity |
| physiological activity | how cells work in an organism |
| homeostasis | stability, balance, equilibrium |
| classification | method of organization |
| monera kingdom | primitive, no cell membrane |
| protista | one-celled organisms |
| fungi | absorb digested food from their environment |
| plants | many cells, photosynthetic organisms |
| animals | multicellular, must eat pre-formed food |
