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  61e
AEROBIC  1520nw
ANAEROBIC  117n
AUTOTROPH  520n
CIRCULATION  218n
DIGESTION  310n
EGESTION  1817n
EQUILIBRIUM  810se
EXCRETION  1720nw
FEEDBACK  99e
GROWTH  2019n
HETEROTROPH  88s
HOMEOSTASIS  87e
INGESTION  66s
LIFE  55se
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55e
METABOLISM  1820w
MOTILE  920n
NUTRITION  1111e
REPRODUCTION  88e
RESPIRATION  78s
SESSILE  137ne
SYNTHESIS  416n
TRANSPORT  89se