An organism’s functions are the processes that enable it to stay alive and reproduce. some functions in organisms include obtaining oxygen, getting rid of wastes, obtaining food, and growing. cells are involved in all these functions. for example, cells in your digestive system absorb food. the food provides your body with energy and materials needed for growth.
in this excerpt, the phrase “getting rid of wastes” is
a. a supporting detail
b. the paragraph’s topic
c. a summary point
d. the main idea

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chapter i -- paris: september, 1792

a surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures, animated by vile passions and by the lust of vengeance and of hate.

during the greater part of the day the guillotine had been kept busy at its ghastly work: all that france had boasted of in the past centuries, of ancient names, and blue blood, had paid toll to her desire for liberty and for fraternity.

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