Living Environment Vocab #1

What is an autotroph?

• An organism that makes its own food

• An organism that does NOT make its own food

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WHat is a heterotroph?

• An organism that does NOT make its own food

• An organism that makes its own food

What is homeostasis?

• maintaining relatively constant internal conditions

• the process of getting (obtaining) food

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What is nutrition?

• the process of getting (obtaining) food

• removing waste

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What is transport?

• moving materials through an organism

• releasing the energy in food

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is cellular respiration?

• to make something

• releasing the energy in food

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What is excretion?

• the coordination of activities to help maintain homeostasis

• removing waste

What is synthesis?

• the process of obtaining food

• to make something

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What is regulation?

• moving materials through an organism

• coordination of activities to help maintain homeostasis

What are the two main systems are involved in regulation?

• nervous and endocrine

• lymphatic and circulatory