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  39s
AEROBIC  67se
ANAEROBIC  45se
AUTOTROPH  39n
CIRCULATION  119e
DIGESTION  1318w
EGESTION  1815n
EQUILIBRIUM  1412nw
EXCRETION  206s
FEEDBACK  173w
GROWTH  2018w
HETEROTROPH  1414n
HOMEOSTASIS  1415w
INGESTION  1616n
LIFE  1717w
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717n
METABOLISM  42s
MOTILE  1215nw
NUTRITION  1119e
REPRODUCTION  1414w
RESPIRATION  1514n
SESSILE  22s
SYNTHESIS  114n
TRANSPORT  1413nw