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  119e
AEROBIC  117n
ANAEROBIC  119n
AUTOTROPH  29ne
CIRCULATION  215n
DIGESTION  48s
EGESTION  12e
EQUILIBRIUM  810se
EXCRETION  122e
FEEDBACK  99e
GROWTH  2017n
HETEROTROPH  88s
HOMEOSTASIS  87e
INGESTION  66e
LIFE  55se
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55s
METABOLISM  1820n
MOTILE  1820w
NUTRITION  718e
REPRODUCTION  88e
RESPIRATION  78s
SESSILE  319n
SYNTHESIS  1717n
TRANSPORT  89se