Maintaining a Separate and Distinct Internal Environment from the External

question 23

Multiple Choice

Maintaining a separate and distinct internal environment from the external environment is called

• A) life.
• B) cell exclusion.
• C) metabolism.
• D) hydrophobicity.
• E) homeostasis.

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