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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N A W O T I S X F H P O R T O T U A J V
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Answer Key for Characteristics of Living Things

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ABSORPTION  17s
AEROBIC  17n
ANAEROBIC  1816n
AUTOTROPH  1816w
CIRCULATION  720e
DIGESTION  510n
EGESTION  114s
EQUILIBRIUM  1014n
EXCRETION  39n
FEEDBACK  913n
GROWTH  614sw
HETEROTROPH  814e
HOMEOSTASIS  714n
INGESTION  616n
LIFE  517ne
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517e
METABOLISM  104e
MOTILE  194sw
NUTRITION  1111e
REPRODUCTION  814n
RESPIRATION  815e
SESSILE  141e
SYNTHESIS  141w
TRANSPORT  1912w