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.

Try to find all 25 words on this board.

C O M E L I T O M E T A B O L I S M P E
S I F Y L H K N U X E N T A I T L N R G
S Z B J L U J O I C I A S R A K O G N R
D U E O F I S N R R V E M M B I Y D W N
K T H W R R I O B E Q R B A T C S N W C
N A U A X E S I I T Q O J A A N E O E F
O P O U Q N A T L I L B R W O U S I N A
I F B T N J T C I O O I Q I M E S T A B
T E D O O G S U U N P C T P N H I A P T
P E S T I M O D Q S E C N H Y D L L C F
R D B R T Z E O E T N S U S G B E U R N
O B H O O L M R L U U A P W U C X C A O
S A F P M X O P F C T R A N S P O R T I
B C T H O J H E T E R O T R O P H I Y T
A K C S C W F R E S I B E B R S X C B S
N X I I O I N G E S T I O N K J L I I E
N X S W L I F E T M I U A J H T W O R G
D S I S E H T N Y S O G S Q C V T T D I
O Q S R U Q O S I O N L K E A W R T A D
B L L N O I T S E G E Y D X M I L X B H
Brought to you by WordSearchFun.com



Answer Key for Characteristics of Living Things

X
Y
1234567891011121314151617181920
1C # # E L I T O M E T A B O L I S M # #
2# I # # # # # # U X # N # # # # # N # #
3# # B # # # # # I C # A # # # # O # # #
4# # # O # # S N R R # E # # # I # # # #
5# # # # R # I O B E # R # # T # S N # #
6N # # A # E S I I T # O # A # N E O # #
7O # # U # # A T L I # B R # O # S I # #
8I F # T N # T C I O # I # I # # S T # #
9T E # O O # S U U N P C T # # # I A # #
10P E # T I # O D Q S # C # # # # L L # #
11R D # R T # E O E # N # # # # # E U # N
12O B # O O # M R # U U # # # # # # C # O
13S A # P M # O P F # T R A N S P O R T I
14B C # H O # H E T E R O T R O P H I # T
15A K # # C # F R # # I # # # # # # C # S
16# # # # O I N G E S T I O N # # # # # E
17# # # # L I F E # # I # # # H T W O R G
18# S I S E H T N Y S O # # # # # # # # I
19# # # # # # # # # # N # # # # # # # # D
20# # # N O I T S E G E # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSORPTION  115n
AEROBIC  77nw
ANAEROBIC  121s
AUTOTROPH  46s
CIRCULATION  1815n
DIGESTION  2019n
EGESTION  1120w
EQUILIBRIUM  911n
EXCRETION  101s
FEEDBACK  28s
GROWTH  2017w
HETEROTROPH  814e
HOMEOSTASIS  714n
INGESTION  616e
LIFE  517e
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517n
METABOLISM  91e
MOTILE  91w
NUTRITION  1111s
REPRODUCTION  814n
RESPIRATION  812ne
SESSILE  175s
SYNTHESIS  1018w
TRANSPORT  1113e