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  613n
AEROBIC  613s
ANAEROBIC  1520n
AUTOTROPH  63e
CIRCULATION  920e
DIGESTION  114n
EGESTION  1811w
EQUILIBRIUM  810e
EXCRETION  417n
FEEDBACK  99e
GROWTH  1711s
HETEROTROPH  88s
HOMEOSTASIS  87e
INGESTION  66e
LIFE  55sw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55s
METABOLISM  1810s
MOTILE  104e
NUTRITION  1111s
REPRODUCTION  88e
RESPIRATION  78s
SESSILE  102w
SYNTHESIS  102e
TRANSPORT  208s