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  198s
AEROBIC  198n
ANAEROBIC  319n
AUTOTROPH  319e
CIRCULATION  54e
DIGESTION  1819nw
EGESTION  68s
EQUILIBRIUM  810se
EXCRETION  1720nw
FEEDBACK  99e
GROWTH  2015n
HETEROTROPH  88s
HOMEOSTASIS  87e
INGESTION  66e
LIFE  55ne
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55s
METABOLISM  1820w
MOTILE  920w
NUTRITION  188s
REPRODUCTION  88e
RESPIRATION  78s
SESSILE  167n
SYNTHESIS  1717n
TRANSPORT  211n