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1 Warm Up What are the 7 life processes?

2 Life Functions

3 In order to maintain life, living things need to exhibit… 1.Metabolism All of the chemical reactions that occur in the cells. –Examples: digestion, respiration, photosynthesis, making vitamins, nutrients, proteins

4 2. Respiration Using oxygen to get energy out of food. –Humans obtain oxygen by breathing –Fish obtain oxygen from water –Plants get oxygen out of the air

5 3. Synthesis The cell can put molecules together (build things).

6 4. Transport Moving materials in, out, and around the cell or body.

7 5. Regulation Maintaining a constant internal environment –Body temperature, water level

8 6. Assimilation Incorporating new materials into the body or cell

9 7. Nutrition Eating or making your own food HeterotrophAutotroph

10 8. Growth Getting larger

11 9. Excretion Getting rid of wastes

12 10. Reproduction Making more of you

13 Use the first letter from each process to help you remember them. Metabolism Respiration Synthesis Transport Regulation Assimilation Nutrition Growth Excretion Reproduction They spell MR. STRANGER


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