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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Word X Y Direction
ABSORPTION  121sw
AEROBIC  169w
ANAEROBIC  189w
AUTOTROPH  1311s
CIRCULATION  181w
DIGESTION  92w
EGESTION  174w
EQUILIBRIUM  810e
EXCRETION  1520w
FEEDBACK  1019w
GROWTH  173w
HETEROTROPH  88s
HOMEOSTASIS  87e
INGESTION  171s
LIFE  55sw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  1210s
METABOLISM  1810s
MOTILE  136w
NUTRITION  1111s
REPRODUCTION  88e
RESPIRATION  78s
SESSILE  1717n
SYNTHESIS  103w
TRANSPORT  67s