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substances that provide energy and materials needed for metabolic activities |
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we obtain nutrients from the environment and convert it to a simplified form our cells can use. |
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the process by which organism obtain food and break it down |
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this means that un order for your cells to get the nutrients they need, you must go through the process of digestion. |
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break down of food molecules into a form of cells can use (often into the molecules building blocks.) |
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physical break down of food |
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uses enzymes to break bonds holding food molecules together |
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addition of water to break up a molecule |
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