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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W M O G N M L X N E B F E E D B A C K A
U G G W O Y T L O G A U T O T R O P H T
S N L D I B R A I E N N J J B A A X G N
C R S I T O S N T O O U A V E L I T O M
I E I K E U I O S O I G K E U G S I U E
R K S V R O S I E J T W U L R N T I Q T
C Q E D C D A T G X I W F T O O R G D A
U V H G X Y T C I K R H K I M B B D C B
L K T B E D S U D I T K T O I T G I G O
A O N X L E O D R I U C C L J F G H C L
T B Y Y S S E O U M N O I Y F K L L T I
I Y S S E M M R G U L U C W X A R W N S
O N I O Y N O P F W Q V Z B S I L H N M
N L G Z R O H E T E R O T R O P H O O Z
E Z R E Z P F R E S P I R A T I O N I N
F J O S S I T R A N S P O R T J N H T Q
X C W J L T T I E X H D M G A T T F S G
F Z T O I U I N O X S N B P M Y O F E B
I V H M F D J O B N B A W E I Q S X G V
W E E T E R X P N V I V Q N I T U A E G
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Answer Key for Characteristics of Living Things

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ABSORPTION  110se
AEROBIC  134se
ANAEROBIC  112se
AUTOTROPH  112e
CIRCULATION  14s
DIGESTION  99n
EGESTION  1920n
EQUILIBRIUM  1014ne
EXCRETION  59n
FEEDBACK  121e
GROWTH  314s
HETEROTROPH  814e
HOMEOSTASIS  714n
INGESTION  112se
LIFE  517s
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  1112ne
METABOLISM  204s
MOTILE  204w
NUTRITION  1111n
REPRODUCTION  814n
RESPIRATION  815e
SESSILE  79sw
SYNTHESIS  312n
TRANSPORT  716e