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  111s
AEROBIC  111se
ANAEROBIC  919e
AUTOTROPH  111n
CIRCULATION  1811nw
DIGESTION  149nw
EGESTION  1813w
EQUILIBRIUM  812e
EXCRETION  1915n
FEEDBACK  318e
GROWTH  26n
HETEROTROPH  814n
HOMEOSTASIS  815e
INGESTION  616e
LIFE  517w
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517e
METABOLISM  411n
MOTILE  611n
NUTRITION  81e
REPRODUCTION  814e
RESPIRATION  714n
SESSILE  95s
SYNTHESIS  112e
TRANSPORT  139nw