Life Functions 9/25/23

The life function by which substances are absorbed, circulated, and released by living things.

• respiration

• metabolism

• transport

• synthesis

The life function by which living things convert the energy of organic food into a form more easily used by the cell

• transport

• respiration

• reproduction

• growth

The life process by which many animals have to obtain their own food if they cannot make their own.

• excretion

• growth

• nutrition

• transport

The life function by which living things eliminate metabolic wastes from their cells.

• transport

• excretion

• nutrition

• respiration

The life function by which living things manufacture the complex compounds required to sustain life.

• synthesis

• reproduction

• excretion

• growth

The life function that results in an increase in mass. Development results in different abilities.

• metabolism

• nutrition

• transport

• growth

All of the chemical processes of life considered together; the sum total of all the cell's chemical activity.

• metabolism

• reproduction

• homeostasis

• repsiration

A process to pass along traits from one generation to the next.

• homeostasis

• reproduction

• regulation

• excretion

The life process by which living things respond to changes within and around them, and by which all life processes are coordinated.

• regulation

• reproduction

• homeostasis

• synthesis

The condition of balance and dynamic stability that characterizes living systems under normal conditions.

• transport

• growth

• regulation

• homeostasis