7th Life Processes

A living thing that is made of one or more cells, uses energy, moves, responds to its environment, adjusts, reproduces, has a metabolism and has a life span

• respiration

• growth

• organism

• metabolism

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Anything an organism responds to.

Examples: sound, light, heat, odor, movement, hunger

• stimulus

• response

• metabolism

• reproduction

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The reaction of an organism to a stimulus

Example: to jump when startled, to move away from a light or noise.

• photosynthesis

• development

• stimulus

• response

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The process by which organisms break down food to release energy.

Example: the oxygen we breathe in enters the lungs and is moved into the blood to help cells break down the food and that releases the energy.

• photosynthesis

• hibernation

• organism

• respiration

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

To increase in size as an organism gets older

Example: getting taller

• development

• cell

• growth

• excretion

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

All the changes undergone by living things as they grow.

Examples: learning to walk, talk; puberty, maturing into an adult

• adaptation

• growth

• development

• life span

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The removal of waste products produced by cell activities from the organism. This can involved the skin, the kidneys and the lungs.

• RESPIRATION

• REPRODUCTION

• REGULATION

• EXCRETION

Using oxygen to release energy from food, occurs in the mitochondria

• RESPIRATION

• REPRODUCTION

• REGULATION

• EXCRETION

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

The production of offspring-- can be sexual (2 parents) or asexual (1 parent)

• RESPIRATION

• REPRODUCTION

• REGULATION

• EXCRETION

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Process by which an organism increases in size or cell growth.

• GROWTH

• NUTRITION

• TRANSPORT

• SECRETION

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5