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  91s
AEROBIC  207sw
ANAEROBIC  1519w
AUTOTROPH  91sw
CIRCULATION  151w
DIGESTION  1617w
EGESTION  1912s
EQUILIBRIUM  1014ne
EXCRETION  205sw
FEEDBACK  420e
GROWTH  21s
HETEROTROPH  814e
HOMEOSTASIS  714n
INGESTION  616e
LIFE  517ne
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517n
METABOLISM  204s
MOTILE  204w
NUTRITION  1111n
REPRODUCTION  814n
RESPIRATION  815e
SESSILE  74sw
SYNTHESIS  93e
TRANSPORT  914ne