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  186sw
AEROBIC  63e
ANAEROBIC  43e
AUTOTROPH  620e
CIRCULATION  1812n
DIGESTION  510se
EGESTION  18n
EQUILIBRIUM  128sw
EXCRETION  18s
FEEDBACK  54e
GROWTH  712w
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175sw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175w
METABOLISM  218e
MOTILE  218n
NUTRITION  182w
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  517e
SYNTHESIS  168s
TRANSPORT  210n