In Latin America, following the military's eviction from Panama in 1999 and Ecuador in 2009, the Pentagon has created or upgraded new bases in Aruba and CuraÃ§ao, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, and Peru.
Metabolism is the set of chemical reactions that occur in living organ isms in order to maintain life. These processes allow organ isms to grow and reproduce, maintain their structures, and respond to their environment s. Metabolism is usually divided into two categories. metabolism.
(4) The final characteristic of living organisms is that they carry out metabolism (synthesis and degradation of substances) in their cells (see Chapter 8). Metabolism is a process in which organisms synthesize ATP to store energy, and then release that energy by hydrolysis, obtaining heat in the process.