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  104w
AEROBIC  712se
ANAEROBIC  151w
AUTOTROPH  104e
CIRCULATION  1312w
DIGESTION  114n
EGESTION  2012s
EQUILIBRIUM  1410w
EXCRETION  2012n
FEEDBACK  219n
GROWTH  1820n
HETEROTROPH  148s
HOMEOSTASIS  147w
INGESTION  166s
LIFE  175se
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175w
METABOLISM  619e
MOTILE  37n
NUTRITION  1111w
REPRODUCTION  148w
RESPIRATION  158s
SESSILE  920w
SYNTHESIS  517e
TRANSPORT  19e