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  1817n
AEROBIC  87nw
ANAEROBIC  184w
AUTOTROPH  16s
CIRCULATION  315n
DIGESTION  1620w
EGESTION  1118n
EQUILIBRIUM  128s
EXCRETION  128sw
FEEDBACK  139s
GROWTH  1117w
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166s
LIFE  175se
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175w
METABOLISM  1218w
MOTILE  318ne
NUTRITION  47s
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  161w
SYNTHESIS  173w
TRANSPORT  52e