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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C F L L R D Q X W R C X E P H D T K M N
A R Z X I N O I T E R C X E V S J W K O
B C L H P S Q N B U N A K O M W E F I I
D J L D R G S N O I T O M O C O L O V T
E K M V W S V E Y Z C M Q A I I I U L A
E F J S I S A T S O E M O H F N F I A L
F L J N O I T C U D O R P E R G E F R U
F W N O I T S E G I D H F T E E M T T C
J I E M U I R B I L I U Q E S S D W Q R
E I N O I T I R T U N P G R P T V T W I
D D J P Y P L Z I C P E R O I I V I Y C
T R O P S N A R T F S S O T R O G Y M S
E J C L A E Z I W T S U W R A N P N V S
V T L G R G O Q I R Q L T O T K M N G M
Q N M O G N Y O H S J T H P I C T O U B
G I B H S Y N T H E S I S H O F C V D L
M I Q N O I T P R O S B A K N D F V C C
C P F H P O R T O T U A N A E R O B I C
V Z Y F Z K S J W X K V G W V S H Y U C
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ABSORPTION  1318w
AEROBIC  713sw
ANAEROBIC  1219e
AUTOTROPH  1219w
CIRCULATION  2012n
DIGESTION  119w
EGESTION  1410sw
EQUILIBRIUM  1410w
EXCRETION  143w
FEEDBACK  18n
GROWTH  1311s
HETEROTROPH  148s
HOMEOSTASIS  147w
INGESTION  166s
LIFE  175s
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175w
METABOLISM  131w
MOTILE  131e
NUTRITION  1111w
REPRODUCTION  148w
RESPIRATION  158s
SESSILE  97nw
SYNTHESIS  517e
TRANSPORT  913w