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Name____________________________________
8 LIFE
FUNCTIONS
R - Regulation
R - Respiration
R - Reproduction
E - Excretion
G - Growth
N - Nutrition
T - Transport
S - Synthesis
Pd________
Date_____________________________
CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS
DESCRIPTION
the ______________________________ and __________________________ of various
activities of an organism.
The process used by an organism to ____________________________________ from their
______________________________.
{Ex. Oxygen + glucose yields carbon dioxide + water+ ENERGY]
This energy is needed to maintain life.
The ability of organisms to form _______________ of its ________________________
*(not needed for an organism’s survival but necessary for the survival of the
species)
the process by which living things remove ____________________________________
produced by cell activities
The increase in living matter by increasing
___________________________ or _______________________________
the process by which living things ________________________ materials
from its environment for growth and repair; there are 2 types
1) _______________________ nutrition--where a living thing can make its
own food
2) ________________________nutrition--where a living thing must ingest
(take in) its food
the process by which usable materials are:
• taken (__________________________) and
• distributed throughout an organism (__________________)
the process by which living things combine ________________
chemical substances to form more ________________________ ones.
[Ex. Starches from simple sugars]