Nutrition - To obtain and process substances from the environment, Autotrophic - Organisms that produce their own food by the process of photosynthesis, Producer - Autotroph, Heterotrophic - Organisms that must consume other organisms, Consumer - Heterotroph, Ingestion - To take in food, Digestion - To break down food, Egestion - To remove non-metabolic wastes, Transport - Absorption, circulation, and distribution of substances, Growth - To increase in the number and size of cells, Germination - The process of starting growth, Respiration - Conversion of chemical energy into usable energy, Glucose - Simple compound (chemical energy) used in respiration, Starch - Complex compound in plants produced by synthesis from glucose, Glycogen - Complex carbohydrate found in animals. Produced by synthesis from glucose, Amino Acids - Building block of a protein (simple), Protein - Large complex compound produced by synthesis from amino acids, ATP - Usable energy, Aerobic respiration - conversion of glucose into ATP USING oxygen, Anaerobic respiration - conversion of glucose into ATP WITHOUT using oxygen, Synthesis - To make larger. Simple to complex, Excretion - Removal of metabolic wastes, Regulation - Control and coordination of an organisms. Responding to an organisms internal and external environment, Homeostasis - Maintaining an internal balance, Metabolism - All chemical activities (all life functions), Reproduction - Production of an offspring, Asexual reproduction - production of an identical offspring from one parent, Sexual reproduction - production of a genetically different offspring from two parents,

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