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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A N O E W T B J E E O Z J W Y A D M I T
L O X D I G E S T I O N P P M V N I N N
M I F R A J R Q T O R C Q Z K U S H F H
C T L P S E X N O I T O M O C O L I F E
I S G N R H D O G T H X M M W I C D S D
B E C N O I T A R I P S E R F N I J Y B
O G P Z H P O R T O R E T E H G R T N U
R E F T H A R J O A I Q F P O E C A T L
E X C R E T I O N I S U E R M S U M H N
A H P O R T O T U A N I E O E T L E E M
N A D P X N D R B C U L D D O I A T S B
A C L S J K C S T T T I B U S O T A I P
D R E N H I O I C C R B A C T N I B S R
T X D A E R O B I C I R C T A F O O E N
Y A B R P N V S U I T I K I S B N L S A
X F E T S T V X E C I U X O I W H I S P
U Y I H E H E L I T O M P N S H D S I X
L O J C H T W O R G N E U R U B F M L B
N P M F S A H R A L Y Y B C V H J Y E E
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ABSORPTION  1011sw
AEROBIC  415e
ANAEROBIC  113n
AUTOTROPH  1011w
CIRCULATION  176s
DIGESTION  43e
EGESTION  29n
EQUILIBRIUM  128s
EXCRETION  110e
FEEDBACK  139s
GROWTH  1019w
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166s
LIFE  175e
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175w
METABOLISM  1810s
MOTILE  1218w
NUTRITION  1111s
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  1914s
SYNTHESIS  196s
TRANSPORT  417n