Transport - movement of materials into and out of organisms, throughout organisms, and into and out of the cells. Synthesis - building up of larger molecules like proteins and lipids from smaller molecules.
Plants synthesize sugar from carbon dioxide in the process of photosynthesis.
The incorporation of materials into the body. This leads of growth. Growth - increase in size. In multicellular organisms growth includes both increase in cell size and number. In unicellular organisms growth includes only increase in cell size.