Life processes

Which of the following is an example of maintaining Homeostasis?

• Predator catching and eating prey
• Running and other excersise
• Sweating in order to reduce body temperature
• Cells growing until they get to big so they divide

Homeostasis is...

• The ability to transport blood throughout the body
• The ability to maintain internal balance
• The ability to obtain energy through sleeping
• The ability of a plant to convert sunlight into energy

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Synthesize means...

• Process that requires energy
• Slowing heart rate to normal rate
• to make or create
• Storing fat as long term energy

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The process of releasing energy from food

• Respiration

• Sensitivity

• Reproduction

• Excretion

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A leaf has tiny openings to let waste products leave the organism. This is an example of...

• Sensitivity

• Reproduction

• Transport

• Excretion

Cats usually only have four offspring per pregnancy. What life process is this?

• Diffusion

• Respiration

• Excretion

• Reproduction

The movement of materials inside the cell or between parts of a multicellular organism.

• Transport (circulation)

• homeostasis

• reproduction

• digestion

The removal of all the wastes produced by the cells of the body. 

• excretion 
• metabolism 
• digestion
• respiration 

The ability of an organism to maintain a stable internal environment even when the external environment changes. 

• homeostasis 
• circulation (transport)
• reproduction 
• synthesis 

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A life process that involves combining simple substances into more complex substances. 

• synthesis 
• digestion 
• homeostasis
• reproduction 

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