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  81se
AEROBIC  413s
ANAEROBIC  411s
AUTOTROPH  11s
CIRCULATION  141w
DIGESTION  1020w
EGESTION  183sw
EQUILIBRIUM  812ne
EXCRETION  918e
FEEDBACK  913e
GROWTH  21s
HETEROTROPH  814n
HOMEOSTASIS  815e
INGESTION  616e
LIFE  517e
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517n
METABOLISM  182s
MOTILE  182w
NUTRITION  41s
REPRODUCTION  814e
RESPIRATION  714n
SESSILE  103s
SYNTHESIS  313n
TRANSPORT  193s