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  18se
AEROBIC  18n
ANAEROBIC  61e
AUTOTROPH  18s
CIRCULATION  83e
DIGESTION  129sw
EGESTION  22e
EQUILIBRIUM  128sw
EXCRETION  26e
FEEDBACK  139s
GROWTH  1419e
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166s
LIFE  175sw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175s
METABOLISM  218e
MOTILE  218n
NUTRITION  183s
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  127ne
SYNTHESIS  145w
TRANSPORT  124w