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  510n
AEROBIC  510s
ANAEROBIC  21s
AUTOTROPH  1818w
CIRCULATION  1811nw
DIGESTION  218n
EGESTION  1914n
EQUILIBRIUM  1014n
EXCRETION  1014ne
FEEDBACK  913n
GROWTH  1511se
HETEROTROPH  814e
HOMEOSTASIS  714n
INGESTION  616n
LIFE  517sw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517e
METABOLISM  2015nw
MOTILE  2015n
NUTRITION  81e
REPRODUCTION  814n
RESPIRATION  815e
SESSILE  820w
SYNTHESIS  1620w
TRANSPORT  114e