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  51e
AEROBIC  1320n
ANAEROBIC  1520w
AUTOTROPH  417ne
CIRCULATION  13e
DIGESTION  104w
EGESTION  1220n
EQUILIBRIUM  1410sw
EXCRETION  1811s
FEEDBACK  115w
GROWTH  1219w
HETEROTROPH  148s
HOMEOSTASIS  147w
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175w
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175s
METABOLISM  420n
MOTILE  127sw
NUTRITION  113e
REPRODUCTION  148w
RESPIRATION  158s
SESSILE  2011n
SYNTHESIS  2011s
TRANSPORT  149sw