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  720e
AEROBIC  720w
ANAEROBIC  27s
AUTOTROPH  720ne
CIRCULATION  165w
DIGESTION  2012n
EGESTION  52e
EQUILIBRIUM  108se
EXCRETION  184w
FEEDBACK  99s
GROWTH  62sw
HETEROTROPH  88e
HOMEOSTASIS  78s
INGESTION  66e
LIFE  55se
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55s
METABOLISM  2018w
MOTILE  2018n
NUTRITION  187s
REPRODUCTION  88s
RESPIRATION  87e
SESSILE  1717w
SYNTHESIS  617n
TRANSPORT  98se