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  112ne
AEROBIC  81w
ANAEROBIC  610s
AUTOTROPH  81e
CIRCULATION  16s
DIGESTION  812se
EGESTION  120e
EQUILIBRIUM  108se
EXCRETION  1813nw
FEEDBACK  206w
GROWTH  1014s
HETEROTROPH  88e
HOMEOSTASIS  78s
INGESTION  1816n
LIFE  55ne
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  1920nw
METABOLISM  2018n
MOTILE  710se
NUTRITION  818e
REPRODUCTION  88s
RESPIRATION  87e
SESSILE  310n
SYNTHESIS  310s
TRANSPORT  98se