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  1618nw
AEROBIC  38s
ANAEROBIC  36s
AUTOTROPH  45se
CIRCULATION  1018e
DIGESTION  1813n
EGESTION  118nw
EQUILIBRIUM  1412nw
EXCRETION  1920w
FEEDBACK  216n
GROWTH  107ne
HETEROTROPH  1414n
HOMEOSTASIS  1415w
INGESTION  1616n
LIFE  1717nw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717n
METABOLISM  42s
MOTILE  1215nw
NUTRITION  2018n
REPRODUCTION  1414w
RESPIRATION  1514n
SESSILE  17n
SYNTHESIS  1416w
TRANSPORT  1413nw