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  1018e
AEROBIC  1116w
ANAEROBIC  1316w
AUTOTROPH  1018w
CIRCULATION  215ne
DIGESTION  1019e
EGESTION  121se
EQUILIBRIUM  1214nw
EXCRETION  121w
FEEDBACK  1313n
GROWTH  132e
HETEROTROPH  1414w
HOMEOSTASIS  1514n
INGESTION  1616n
LIFE  1717nw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717n
METABOLISM  24e
MOTILE  24s
NUTRITION  1918n
REPRODUCTION  1414n
RESPIRATION  1415w
SESSILE  55e
SYNTHESIS  520e
TRANSPORT  412s