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| The process by which a living organism takes energy from it surroundings and uses it to sustain itself, develop, and grow. |
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| The process by which an organism uses the energy from the sun to produce its own food |
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| Organisms that are able to produce their own food |
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| Organisms that cannot make their own food and must obtain it from other organisms |
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| The process by which food is converted into useable energy for life functions |
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| The tendency of living organisms to control or regulate changes in their internal environment |
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| The movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration |
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| The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane |
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| An organism that allows its internal concentration of salts to change in order to match the external concentration of salts in the surrounding water |
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| An organism that regulates its internal concentration of salts |
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| An organism whose body temperature changes within its surrounding environment |
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| An organism whose body temperature is controlled by its surrounding environment |
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| An animal that maintains a controlled body temperature using its own heating and cooling mechanisms |
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| An animal whose internal body temperature is a result of internal sources of heat |
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| Reproduction accomplished by a single organism |
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| Reproduction that involves the union of gametes from two organisms; a male and a female |
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| Identifying an organism by its genus and species name |
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