Flashcards
Life Processes
Cards in this deck (8)
- 1MOVEMENTMuscles contract in animals, slow growth responses in plants
- 2RespirationThe chemical process by which living organisms release energy in ATP form from organic food molecules
- 3SensitivityLiving organisms can respond to changes in their environment
- 4GrowthTo increase in mass or size, using energy released by respiration, by cell enlargement or division
- 5ReproductionThe production of offspring
- 6HomeostasisThe maintenance of a constant internal environment despite changes in external conditions.
- 7ExcretionRemoval of metabolic wastes (substances produced by chemical reactions) from the body
- 8NutritionObtaining of chemicals, either for use in respiration to release energy or for use in building cells.