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  220e
AEROBIC  87nw
ANAEROBIC  220n
AUTOTROPH  39e
CIRCULATION  315n
DIGESTION  1615n
EGESTION  1118n
EQUILIBRIUM  128s
EXCRETION  114n
FEEDBACK  139s
GROWTH  146n
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175ne
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175s
METABOLISM  1218w
MOTILE  41e
NUTRITION  35e
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  517n
SYNTHESIS  418n
TRANSPORT  79s