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  132sw
AEROBIC  27ne
ANAEROBIC  132s
AUTOTROPH  2013n
CIRCULATION  192w
DIGESTION  1410nw
EGESTION  171w
EQUILIBRIUM  1214nw
EXCRETION  1715n
FEEDBACK  1815n
GROWTH  113s
HETEROTROPH  1414w
HOMEOSTASIS  1514n
INGESTION  1616n
LIFE  1717sw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717w
METABOLISM  24s
MOTILE  213e
NUTRITION  92sw
REPRODUCTION  1414n
RESPIRATION  1415w
SESSILE  212e
SYNTHESIS  112n
TRANSPORT  1911n