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  156w
AEROBIC  413se
ANAEROBIC  21e
AUTOTROPH  317n
CIRCULATION  168s
DIGESTION  142w
EGESTION  411e
EQUILIBRIUM  1410w
EXCRETION  51s
FEEDBACK  139w
GROWTH  1520ne
HETEROTROPH  148s
HOMEOSTASIS  147w
INGESTION  1720w
LIFE  175se
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175s
METABOLISM  410s
MOTILE  419e
NUTRITION  1111s
REPRODUCTION  148w
RESPIRATION  158s
SESSILE  183w
SYNTHESIS  1320n
TRANSPORT  1220n