Characteristics of Living Things

ABSORPTION
AEROBIC
ANAEROBIC
AUTOTROPH
CIRCULATION
DIGESTION
EGESTION
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCRETION
FEEDBACK
GROWTH
HETEROTROPH
HOMEOSTASIS
INGESTION
LIFE
LIFEFUNCTIONS
LOCOMOTION
METABOLISM
MOTILE
NUTRITION
REPRODUCTION
RESPIRATION
SESSILE
SYNTHESIS
TRANSPORT

Although scientists do not agree on one definition of life, they do agree aht an organism is considered to be alive as long as its cells perform certain life functions: nutrition, transport, respiration, excretion, regulation, growth, reproduction, synthesis, and metabolism.

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ABSORPTION  104sw
AEROBIC  1818n
ANAEROBIC  1818w
AUTOTROPH  111n
CIRCULATION  44e
DIGESTION  220e
EGESTION  132e
EQUILIBRIUM  1412w
EXCRETION  132w
FEEDBACK  1611n
GROWTH  1617w
HETEROTROPH  1414n
HOMEOSTASIS  1415w
INGESTION  1616w
LIFE  1717nw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717n
METABOLISM  1519w
MOTILE  1215nw
NUTRITION  113e
REPRODUCTION  1414w
RESPIRATION  1514n
SESSILE  86se
SYNTHESIS  208s
TRANSPORT  114sw