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- digestion is a process that ________.
- explain why living things need food.
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Digestion breaks down food into nutrients. These nutrients (like carbs, proteins, fats) are absorbed and used for energy, growth, repair. So the process breaks down food for absorption.
Living things need food for energy (to perform life processes: movement, respiration, etc.), growth (build new cells/tissues), repair (fix damaged cells), and maintaining body functions (like regulating temperature, metabolism). Food provides nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals) for these.
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breaks down food into substances that can be absorbed and utilized by the body (e.g., nutrients for energy, growth, and repair)