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  417n
AEROBIC  2015nw
ANAEROBIC  26s
AUTOTROPH  1512sw
CIRCULATION  96se
DIGESTION  812se
EGESTION  108nw
EQUILIBRIUM  108se
EXCRETION  310n
FEEDBACK  153w
GROWTH  12s
HETEROTROPH  88e
HOMEOSTASIS  78s
INGESTION  66s
LIFE  55se
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55s
METABOLISM  2018n
MOTILE  209n
NUTRITION  1111ne
REPRODUCTION  88s
RESPIRATION  810se
SESSILE  718w
SYNTHESIS  122e
TRANSPORT  116n