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  195w
AEROBIC  714sw
ANAEROBIC  620e
AUTOTROPH  17s
CIRCULATION  1911n
DIGESTION  203s
EGESTION  1811w
EQUILIBRIUM  810e
EXCRETION  1811sw
FEEDBACK  99e
GROWTH  415n
HETEROTROPH  88s
HOMEOSTASIS  87e
INGESTION  66s
LIFE  55ne
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55s
METABOLISM  1810s
MOTILE  1819w
NUTRITION  1111s
REPRODUCTION  88e
RESPIRATION  78s
SESSILE  1818w
SYNTHESIS  176w
TRANSPORT  194w