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The ability to obtain nutrients, take in oxygen, and transform these items to energy and cellular components is called _____. A. life B. metabolism C. a life cycle D. continuation

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Answer: Option 'B' is correct.

Step-by-step explanation:

The ability to obtain nutrients, take in oxygen, and transform these items to energy and cellular components is called metabolism.

Because metabolism is the chemical reaction which helps in survival in any organisms.

It is the conversion of food to get energy to continue processing of cellular.

Hence, option 'B' is correct.

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The answer to the question above is letter "B. metabolism". General meaning of the word is that it is a chemical process  that occur within the living organism in order to maintain life. The metabolism of the body is divided into two categories, anabolism and catabolism. 
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