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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R O P I M G K S I N N P S O E T T M B C
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T M E T A B O L I S M J D N S I H E L A
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ABSORPTION  115n
AEROBIC  203w
ANAEROBIC  203s
AUTOTROPH  518ne
CIRCULATION  36e
DIGESTION  24s
EGESTION  1820n
EQUILIBRIUM  128sw
EXCRETION  62e
FEEDBACK  11e
GROWTH  1819w
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166s
LIFE  175w
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175s
METABOLISM  218e
MOTILE  1510sw
NUTRITION  47s
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  104w
SYNTHESIS  104e
TRANSPORT  138sw