1. Week 11 Vocab Definitions

2. Life Functions
essential activities for all living things
Transport
How organisms move what they need to and from cells
Excretion
How organisms get rid of their waste and balance their fluids (pH, glucose concentration, water)

3. Regulation
How organisms control their body processes (Endocrine & Nervous system)
Respiration
How organisms exchange gasses with the environment (O2 & CO2)
Nutrition
How organisms break down food and obtain nutrients

4. Synthesis
How organisms build necessary organic molecules (proteins, carbs, lipids, nucleic acids)
Reproduction
Ensures the continuation of a species. Can be sexual or asexual.
Growth & development
Series of changes an organism goes through during its lifetime.

5. Optimum
Best