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Metabolism: calories from eating pasta are combined with oxygen to create energy to run cellular processes.
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Responsiveness: when it’s cold, the hair on our skin stands on its end to warm us and our brain tells us to put on a jacket.
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Movement: expansion and deflation of our lungs as we take in oxygen and expel carbon dioxide.
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Growth: when women go through puberty, the fat in their connective tissue collect causing their breasts to enlarge.
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Differentiation: stem cells become skin cells
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Reproduction: our hair grows through mitosis after hair cell death