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  35e
AEROBIC  35se
ANAEROBIC  197s
AUTOTROPH  720e
CIRCULATION  311n
DIGESTION  73e
EGESTION  418e
EQUILIBRIUM  1412w
EXCRETION  29n
FEEDBACK  1019w
GROWTH  137w
HETEROTROPH  1414n
HOMEOSTASIS  1415w
INGESTION  1616w
LIFE  1717s
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717n
METABOLISM  81e
MOTILE  1215nw
NUTRITION  154w
REPRODUCTION  1414w
RESPIRATION  1514n
SESSILE  169s
SYNTHESIS  161s
TRANSPORT  913w