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  83se
AEROBIC  79nw
ANAEROBIC  181w
AUTOTROPH  152w
CIRCULATION  23e
DIGESTION  1813n
EGESTION  1918n
EQUILIBRIUM  1412w
EXCRETION  1412nw
FEEDBACK  1313w
GROWTH  195s
HETEROTROPH  1414n
HOMEOSTASIS  1415w
INGESTION  1616w
LIFE  1717n
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717w
METABOLISM  2018w
MOTILE  2018n
NUTRITION  1111w
REPRODUCTION  1414w
RESPIRATION  1514n
SESSILE  118e
SYNTHESIS  118n
TRANSPORT  99w