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  1420w
AEROBIC  1420e
ANAEROBIC  167s
AUTOTROPH  918nw
CIRCULATION  153w
DIGESTION  1918n
EGESTION  1118n
EQUILIBRIUM  128s
EXCRETION  1118nw
FEEDBACK  139s
GROWTH  146ne
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175se
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175s
METABOLISM  1218w
MOTILE  318n
NUTRITION  1111w
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  127ne
SYNTHESIS  95w
TRANSPORT  911sw