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  45e
AEROBIC  1913n
ANAEROBIC  1915n
AUTOTROPH  45se
CIRCULATION  411n
DIGESTION  1412sw
EGESTION  111s
EQUILIBRIUM  128sw
EXCRETION  111n
FEEDBACK  2010n
GROWTH  1214s
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175ne
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175s
METABOLISM  218n
MOTILE  29n
NUTRITION  41e
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  1410sw
SESSILE  312e
SYNTHESIS  36s
TRANSPORT  44e