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  1419nw
AEROBIC  1419ne
ANAEROBIC  83e
AUTOTROPH  202s
CIRCULATION  2019w
DIGESTION  1120e
EGESTION  419n
EQUILIBRIUM  810e
EXCRETION  810se
FEEDBACK  99e
GROWTH  24e
HETEROTROPH  88s
HOMEOSTASIS  87e
INGESTION  66e
LIFE  55sw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55e
METABOLISM  132w
MOTILE  132e
NUTRITION  1111e
REPRODUCTION  88e
RESPIRATION  78s
SESSILE  710nw
SYNTHESIS  320n
TRANSPORT  204w