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  214n
AEROBIC  87nw
ANAEROBIC  1912s
AUTOTROPH  81e
CIRCULATION  1318w
DIGESTION  910sw
EGESTION  1020e
EQUILIBRIUM  128sw
EXCRETION  1911n
FEEDBACK  139s
GROWTH  209n
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166s
LIFE  175sw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175s
METABOLISM  188s
MOTILE  188n
NUTRITION  318ne
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  127ne
SYNTHESIS  517e
TRANSPORT  98sw