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  1218w
AEROBIC  134se
ANAEROBIC  181w
AUTOTROPH  1218e
CIRCULATION  512n
DIGESTION  113n
EGESTION  114s
EQUILIBRIUM  1014n
EXCRETION  912n
FEEDBACK  163w
GROWTH  172w
HETEROTROPH  814e
HOMEOSTASIS  714n
INGESTION  616e
LIFE  517ne
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517e
METABOLISM  104e
MOTILE  712sw
NUTRITION  1111e
REPRODUCTION  814n
RESPIRATION  815e
SESSILE  1220w
SYNTHESIS  1220e
TRANSPORT  125se