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  207s
AEROBIC  714sw
ANAEROBIC  520e
AUTOTROPH  316n
CIRCULATION  75e
DIGESTION  217n
EGESTION  1811w
EQUILIBRIUM  810e
EXCRETION  1811sw
FEEDBACK  12e
GROWTH  1219e
HETEROTROPH  88s
HOMEOSTASIS  87e
INGESTION  66e
LIFE  55w
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55s
METABOLISM  1810s
MOTILE  84e
NUTRITION  1111s
REPRODUCTION  88e
RESPIRATION  78s
SESSILE  187n
SYNTHESIS  209w
TRANSPORT  61e