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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E C U B W W L L O V T F S U J E U D B J
I D A O Z B I N O I T O M O C O L F W Y
D I R A B T I N O I T S E G N I I V W G
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N E M M H P O R T O R E T E H J E I Q B
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R B P T N N O I T T I R C T A R J I A O
H V R E Y N B T M I T I K I S J O O S R
P W O M S O K W J O I U T O I L E N O E
T B S D R K C H M N O M K N S M V X A A
D P B E P I I N S Z N X Z S J L P H Y N
L U A U T O T R O P H M Z V X M I L H A
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ABSORPTION  320n
AEROBIC  320ne
ANAEROBIC  2020n
AUTOTROPH  320e
CIRCULATION  187s
DIGESTION  25s
EGESTION  128sw
EQUILIBRIUM  128s
EXCRETION  1010s
FEEDBACK  139s
GROWTH  27ne
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175s
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175w
METABOLISM  417n
MOTILE  48ne
NUTRITION  1111s
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  29e
SYNTHESIS  517n
TRANSPORT  21e