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  1318ne
ANAEROBIC  1910w
AUTOTROPH  1910n
CIRCULATION  52e
DIGESTION  206s
EGESTION  1118n
EQUILIBRIUM  108s
EXCRETION  911s
FEEDBACK  86e
GROWTH  71w
HETEROTROPH  88e
HOMEOSTASIS  78s
INGESTION  49s
LIFE  55sw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55e
METABOLISM  1018e
MOTILE  710nw
NUTRITION  1111e
REPRODUCTION  88s
RESPIRATION  87e
SESSILE  718w
SYNTHESIS  94e
TRANSPORT  58s