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  38s
AEROBIC  92s
ANAEROBIC  194s
AUTOTROPH  1814n
CIRCULATION  32e
DIGESTION  1611n
EGESTION  1211n
EQUILIBRIUM  1214nw
EXCRETION  25se
FEEDBACK  1313n
GROWTH  220e
HETEROTROPH  1414w
HOMEOSTASIS  1514n
INGESTION  1616w
LIFE  1717ne
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717n
METABOLISM  24s
MOTILE  24e
NUTRITION  1111n
REPRODUCTION  1414n
RESPIRATION  1415w
SESSILE  818w
SYNTHESIS  818e
TRANSPORT  1314nw