12 life functions

• What is Ingestion the ability to do?

  The ability to take in nutrients including absorption (ability to bring dissolved materials into the cell
• What is digestion? What methods does it use?

  The ability to break down food and nutrients into simpler forms. Digestion uses hydrolysis reactions or enzyme help
• What does respiration do?

  It releases energy from the breakdown of food molecules
• Explain the transport function

  Transport is the ability to distribute or circulate molecules from one part of a cell to another
• Whats the other name for homeostasis? whats its function?

  Homeostasis is also known as regulation and is the ability to maintain internal stability
• What is synthesis?

  The ability to combine simple compounds into complex molecules. Same as biosynthesis
• What does secretion release?

  Secretion releases biosynthesized substances
• Whats the difference between excretion and egestion?

  Excretion removes soluble metabolic waste from the cell while Egestion removes the non soluble undigested waste from the cell
• What is the ability to respond to stimuli called?

  Irritability
• Movement is the ability to move
• Reproduction is the ability to produce more cells