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  181sw
AEROBIC  511n
ANAEROBIC  513n
AUTOTROPH  201s
CIRCULATION  17s
DIGESTION  81e
EGESTION  1811w
EQUILIBRIUM  812e
EXCRETION  612n
FEEDBACK  913e
GROWTH  101s
HETEROTROPH  814n
HOMEOSTASIS  815e
INGESTION  616e
LIFE  517s
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517e
METABOLISM  1812n
MOTILE  28s
NUTRITION  910n
REPRODUCTION  814e
RESPIRATION  714n
SESSILE  712sw
SYNTHESIS  1917n
TRANSPORT  131s