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  920e
AEROBIC  920n
ANAEROBIC  102w
AUTOTROPH  920w
CIRCULATION  178s
DIGESTION  193s
EGESTION  203s
EQUILIBRIUM  128sw
EXCRETION  217ne
FEEDBACK  139s
GROWTH  112n
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166s
LIFE  175nw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175w
METABOLISM  218n
MOTILE  218e
NUTRITION  1111s
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  210e
SYNTHESIS  116w
TRANSPORT  138sw