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  168s
AEROBIC  619e
ANAEROBIC  419e
AUTOTROPH  918nw
CIRCULATION  1820n
DIGESTION  420e
EGESTION  1118n
EQUILIBRIUM  128s
EXCRETION  1118nw
FEEDBACK  139s
GROWTH  143w
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175s
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175w
METABOLISM  1218w
MOTILE  318n
NUTRITION  1111w
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  104e
SYNTHESIS  104w
TRANSPORT  911sw