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  1913n
AEROBIC  1913s
ANAEROBIC  179n
AUTOTROPH  1813n
CIRCULATION  121sw
DIGESTION  206s
EGESTION  161s
EQUILIBRIUM  1412nw
EXCRETION  161sw
FEEDBACK  1313w
GROWTH  162sw
HETEROTROPH  1414n
HOMEOSTASIS  1415w
INGESTION  1616n
LIFE  1717nw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717w
METABOLISM  42e
MOTILE  132sw
NUTRITION  1111w
REPRODUCTION  1414w
RESPIRATION  1514n
SESSILE  716w
SYNTHESIS  716e
TRANSPORT  911nw