Life Functions Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• reproduction : the ability of organisms to duplicate or replicate new organisms of the same kind.
• excretion : the removal of metabolic wastes in an organism.
• regulation : the ability of organisms to coordinate and control the various activities through chemicals or nerves.
• nutrition : the ability to make or process food in an organism.
• homeostasis : the ability of an organism to maintain a state of internal balance despite changes in the external environment.
• respiration : the use of oxygen to convert food molecules into usable energy in cells.
• metabolism : the sum total of all of the chemical reactions within an organism.
• synthesis : the joining together of simple substances to form complex substances in cells.
• transport : the circulation and absorption of materials within an organism.
• locomotion : animals have the ability to move from one location to another,