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  216n
AEROBIC  77nw
ANAEROBIC  920w
AUTOTROPH  71e
CIRCULATION  39s
DIGESTION  912n
EGESTION  112w
EQUILIBRIUM  1014n
EXCRETION  112e
FEEDBACK  1810w
GROWTH  49s
HETEROTROPH  814e
HOMEOSTASIS  714n
INGESTION  616e
LIFE  517ne
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517n
METABOLISM  104e
MOTILE  194s
NUTRITION  1111e
REPRODUCTION  814n
RESPIRATION  815e
SESSILE  175w
SYNTHESIS  611n
TRANSPORT  97e