Classification

3. Consists of breathing and cellular respiration, which is a complex chemical process which releases energy from food
7. An increase in cell size or cell numbers. This orderly growth in the number of cells results in the growth of the body.
9. The absorption of materials by living things, including the movement and distribution of materials throughout the organism’s body
11. The process by which new individuals are produced by parent organisms. There are two types: asexual (clones) and sexual (different offspring)
14. The science of naming and classifying organisms
15. The processes that control and coordinate the many activities of a living thing. Allows it to adjust to changes inside its body
16. taxonomic group containing one or more kingdoms

1. taxonomic group containing one or more species
2. The sum total of all activities a living thing does to obtain food. Included in nutrition are ingestion, digestion, and assimilation.
4. The removal of waste products created by regular life processes. This includes carbon dioxide, water, urea
5. taxonomic group containing one or more phyla
6. taxonomic group containing one or more families
8. taxonomic group containing one or more genera
10. The process by which small molecules are built into larger molecules. As a result, building blocks are changed into more complex substances
12. the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
13. taxonomic group containing one or more orders