Life functions/Cells

Is the “study of life”

Cells, Metabolism, Homeostasis, and Reproduction

Basic units of structure & function. All living things are made up of 1 or more cells

Chemical reactions in cells

The ability of the body to maintain a constant internal balance, regardless of the external environment. Internal Balance

Produce offspring

Required to maintain life and for growth and development

Nutrition, Transport, Cell Respiration, Excretion, Synthesis Regulation, Growth, and Reproduction

To eat food

Autotrophic and Heterotrophic

Organisms that make their own food

Organisms that get their food from the environment

Organisms circulate and absorb materials through the cells (food and waste)

Releases energy stored in nutrients

Aerobic and Anaerobic

With oxygen

Without oxygen

Get rid of Metabolic (cell) waste

To make or to build from small to large. To make bigger or more complex molecules

To control (Homeostasis)

Increasing the size or number of cells

To have offspring (children)