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  163s
AEROBIC  81w
ANAEROBIC  81e
AUTOTROPH  94sw
CIRCULATION  103e
DIGESTION  1718w
EGESTION  114s
EQUILIBRIUM  1214n
EXCRETION  114sw
FEEDBACK  1313n
GROWTH  12s
HETEROTROPH  1414w
HOMEOSTASIS  1514n
INGESTION  1616w
LIFE  1717sw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717w
METABOLISM  124w
MOTILE  1512se
NUTRITION  1111w
REPRODUCTION  1414n
RESPIRATION  1415w
SESSILE  920w
SYNTHESIS  920e
TRANSPORT  173s