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  192w
AEROBIC  714sw
ANAEROBIC  1020w
AUTOTROPH  1020e
CIRCULATION  18se
DIGESTION  44e
EGESTION  88sw
EQUILIBRIUM  93e
EXCRETION  93w
FEEDBACK  912se
GROWTH  79nw
HETEROTROPH  88e
HOMEOSTASIS  189s
INGESTION  66e
LIFE  55se
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55e
METABOLISM  193s
MOTILE  1912s
NUTRITION  818ne
REPRODUCTION  88s
RESPIRATION  87e
SESSILE  205s
SYNTHESIS  1819nw
TRANSPORT  98se