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  111e
AEROBIC  109w
ANAEROBIC  129w
AUTOTROPH  196s
CIRCULATION  117n
DIGESTION  1810s
EGESTION  1220w
EQUILIBRIUM  1410w
EXCRETION  24e
FEEDBACK  36e
GROWTH  1312s
HETEROTROPH  148s
HOMEOSTASIS  147w
INGESTION  166s
LIFE  175e
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175w
METABOLISM  53e
MOTILE  410s
NUTRITION  1111s
REPRODUCTION  148w
RESPIRATION  158s
SESSILE  317e
SYNTHESIS  311s
TRANSPORT  42e