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| 8 Characteristics of Living Things |
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| Respiration, Excretion, Synthesis, Transport, Growth, Regulation, Reproduction, Nutrition (RESTGRRN) |
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-Release and use of energy from food
-Oxygen is used to break down molecules
-CELLULAR RESPIRATION: Releasing the energy from food molecules and using it to make ATP (CATABOLISM) |
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-Removal of waste materials produced by chemical reactions
-Wastes: Carbon Dioxide, Ammonia, Urea |
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| -Using energy to build larger molecules from smaller ones |
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-Occurs within, into, and out of cells
-Transports: Food, Water, Minerals, Waste, Oxygen |
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| -The increase in size or number of organisms |
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-Control and coordinating processes (HOMEOSTASIS)
-Adjust to environment (IRRITABILITY)
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| -Being able to produce more of their kind |
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-Methods used to obtain and use food
-HETEROTROPHS: Find food, animals
-AUTOTROPHS: Make food by photosynthesis, plants |
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