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  86e
AEROBIC  416n
ANAEROBIC  418n
AUTOTROPH  181w
CIRCULATION  207sw
DIGESTION  616n
EGESTION  2019n
EQUILIBRIUM  810se
EXCRETION  1819nw
FEEDBACK  99e
GROWTH  52e
HETEROTROPH  88s
HOMEOSTASIS  87e
INGESTION  198s
LIFE  55sw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55e
METABOLISM  1820n
MOTILE  1820w
NUTRITION  718e
REPRODUCTION  88e
RESPIRATION  78s
SESSILE  1717n
SYNTHESIS  202w
TRANSPORT  123e