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  2019w
AEROBIC  77n
ANAEROBIC  417ne
AUTOTROPH  2019n
CIRCULATION  152w
DIGESTION  1917n
EGESTION  316n
EQUILIBRIUM  1410sw
EXCRETION  105w
FEEDBACK  83e
GROWTH  146ne
HETEROTROPH  148s
HOMEOSTASIS  147w
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175ne
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175s
METABOLISM  420n
MOTILE  127sw
NUTRITION  1518w
REPRODUCTION  148w
RESPIRATION  158s
SESSILE  1811n
SYNTHESIS  1819n
TRANSPORT  149sw