| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nutrition | All the activities by which an organism obtains materials from the environment & processes them for its own use |
| Ingestion | Taking in food |
| Digestion | Breakdown of large food molecules into smaller ones that can be absorbed and used by the organism |
| Egestion | Elimination of undigested food material from the organism |
| Transport involves what | Absorption & Circulation |
| Absorption | End products of digestion and other dissolved substances are taken into cells and fluids of an organism |
| Circulation | Distribution of materials within an organism |
| Respiration | Enter your is obtained from the breakdown of food and stored in a form that can be used to carry on life activities |
| Excretion | Removal of waste substances |
| Synthesis | Chemical reactions by which large molecules are produced from smaller molecules |
| Regulation | Control and coordination of all the various activities of an organism in order to maintain Homeostasis |
| Homeostasis | A stable or balanced internal environment |
| Growth | Increase in size/and or number of cells of an organism |
| Reproduction | The production of new individuals |
