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the process by which a living organism takes energy from its surroundings and uses it to sustain itself, develop, and grow
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metabolism
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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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photosynthesis
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organisms that are able to produce their own food
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autotrophs
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organisms that cannot make their own food and must obtain it from other organisms
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heterotrophs
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process by which food is converted into useable energy for life functions
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respiration
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the tendency of living organisms to control or regulate changes in their internal environment
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homeostasis
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movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
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diffusion
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- the disfussion of water across a selectively permeable membrane
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osmosis
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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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osmoconformer
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