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Nutrition
Lyric Wintheiser
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What are the 3 basic functions of living things?
the three functions (main functions) of living things are: 1. Nutrition: all living things have ways of taking in the substances they need to grow and survive. 2. Relation: Living things have a relationship with the environment that surrounds them. Humans use their senses (seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching) to relate with the world. 3. Reproduction: all living things are born, live for a period of time and then die. The main function of any living organism is to propagate, while some organisms have symbiotic relations with others there main function is self preservation.
What is the biological sciences of activities that all living things carry out?
If you mean the 8 things all living things have in common, they are as follows: 1) All living things are highly organized and contain many complex chemical substances. 2) All living things contain one or more cells. 3) All living things use energy. 4) Living things have a definite form and have a limited size. 5) Living things grow. 6) Living things respond to changes in the environment. 7) Living things can reproduce. 8) Living things eventually die.
According to the cell theory which structures carry out the basic functions of living things?
Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in living things.
What are ten life processes that distinguish living organisms from non-living forms?
Digestion- breakdown of food substances into simpler forms Absorption- passage of substances through membranes and into the body circulation- movement of substances in bodily fluids Assimilation- changing of absorbed substances into chemically different forms. Excretion- removal of wastes produced by metabolic reactions Movement- change in position; motion Responsiveness- reaction to change growth- increase in body size without changing shape Reproduction- production of new organisms and cells respiration- obtaining oxygen; removing carbon dioxide; releasing energy from foods. Differentiation- unspecialized to specialized.
The internal transport of cells and dissolved substances is the function of?
The blood circulatory system transports cells and dissolved substances to and from the organs designed to deal with filtering out such things.
Substances that contain carbon and come from living things?
It is called organic compounds (made from living organisms, or used to be). It was only in the nineteenth century when organic compounds could be made in the laboratory from inorganic substances (gas, rocks, minerals, etc.)
How are substances use by living things returned to the non living things environment?
Through decay when living things die, and through their wastes.
What substances in living things contain water?
Cells
What is dissolved in water?
Substances that all living things
What are substances containing protein?
Living things ... including us.
Is breathing a livivng thing?
Breathing is a function of living things but not a living things itself.
Why is cell division necessary for all living things?
It's just necessary
What is the function of carbohydrates in living things?
energy
Why is water necessary for plant growth?
Plants are living things. All living things need water.
Are the basic unit of structure and function in living things?
Cells are the basic structure of living things, im not so sure about what you mean by basic function.
What do all living things obtain from chemical substances from food?
Energy
Process that involves the synthesis of complex substances in living things?
anabolism
