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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N S O L C R O F C C Z R G I F T W G R W
O A U T O T R O P H S L Y N B I D S A C
I N Q E L T T W E B S H X U T W Q K N M
T A N D O I N G E S T I O N Y K Q Z S G
S E F D C Y F R E S P I R A T I O N P B
E R E O O O H E T E R O T R O P H R O D
G O O N M H O P F Q C E L I S S E S R J
I B Y O O V M R S U Y S L F N M U I T B
D I M I T Y E O Y I N U T R I T I O N T
O C P T I O O D N L O C H T J X A S C M
O O B A O G S U T I I K T N F H K I E A
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Q K G U Y R A T E R S H B N O O P K I G
E G Y C T Y S I S I E G S L R N L L T G
K L C R F J I O I U G D C E V S S Y O X
H F D I D B S N S M E T A B O L I S M L
O K J C U E T N O I T P R O S B A H B K
F P B V C O V O Y O T E K B Z D H H E Z
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ABSORPTION  1719w
AEROBIC  1318ne
ANAEROBIC  24s
AUTOTROPH  24e
CIRCULATION  419n
DIGESTION  111n
EGESTION  1118n
EQUILIBRIUM  108s
EXCRETION  82e
FEEDBACK  141w
GROWTH  11e
HETEROTROPH  88e
HOMEOSTASIS  78s
INGESTION  66e
LIFE  55se
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55s
METABOLISM  1018e
MOTILE  1918n
NUTRITION  1111e
REPRODUCTION  88s
RESPIRATION  87e
SESSILE  189w
SYNTHESIS  910s
TRANSPORT  192s