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ICSE Class 9 Answered

What is metabolism? What does it consist of?
Asked by Topperlearning User | 04 Jun, 2014, 01:23: PM
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Metabolism is the sum total of all chemical and energy changes taking place in a living organism.

Metabolism consists of two groups of processes:

(a) Anabolism: It is the sum total of life processes that result in the building up of the living substance or protoplasm.

(b) Catabolism: It is the sum total of life processes that result in the breakdown of protoplasm.

Answered by | 04 Jun, 2014, 03:23: PM
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