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Metabolism
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Total of all processes in an organism which convert energy and matter from outside sources and use it to sustain its life functions
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Anabolism
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All processes in an organism that use energy and simple chemical building blocks to produce large chemicals and structures neccesary for life.
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Catabolism
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The sum total of all procceses in an organism which break down chemicals to produce energy and simple chemical building blocks.
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Photosynthesis
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The procces by which by which green plants and and some other organisms use the energy of the sunlight and simple chemicals to produce their own food.
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Herbivores
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Organisms that eat only plants.
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Carnivores
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Organisms that eat only meat.
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Omnivores
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Organisms that eat both plants and other organisms.
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Producers
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Organisms that produce their own food.
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Consumers
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Organisms that eat living producers and/or other consumers for food.
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Decomposers
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Organisms that break down the remains of other organisms.
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Autotrophs
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Organisms that are able to make their own food.
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Hetrotrophs
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Organisms that depend on other organisms for food.
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Recepters
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Special structures that allow living organisms to to sense the conditions of their internal or external enviorment.
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Asexual reproduction
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Reprodution that is accomplished by one organism.
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Sexual reproduction
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Reproduction that requires two organisms.
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