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  112sw
AEROBIC  715w
ANAEROBIC  121e
AUTOTROPH  1914n
CIRCULATION  52e
DIGESTION  13e
EGESTION  319e
EQUILIBRIUM  108se
EXCRETION  43s
FEEDBACK  99s
GROWTH  33s
HETEROTROPH  88e
HOMEOSTASIS  78s
INGESTION  1816n
LIFE  55se
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55e
METABOLISM  2018n
MOTILE  2018w
NUTRITION  1111s
REPRODUCTION  88s
RESPIRATION  87e
SESSILE  713w
SYNTHESIS  94e
TRANSPORT  98se