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  48s
AEROBIC  77nw
ANAEROBIC  1020w
AUTOTROPH  1020e
CIRCULATION  119n
DIGESTION  214n
EGESTION  114s
EQUILIBRIUM  1014n
EXCRETION  114se
FEEDBACK  913n
GROWTH  209w
HETEROTROPH  814e
HOMEOSTASIS  714n
INGESTION  616e
LIFE  517e
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517n
METABOLISM  104e
MOTILE  202s
NUTRITION  1111e
REPRODUCTION  814n
RESPIRATION  815e
SESSILE  79nw
SYNTHESIS  1118e
TRANSPORT  1419w