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  132s
AEROBIC  94sw
ANAEROBIC  1919w
AUTOTROPH  1720w
CIRCULATION  72e
DIGESTION  26s
EGESTION  114s
EQUILIBRIUM  1214n
EXCRETION  114sw
FEEDBACK  175s
GROWTH  1817n
HETEROTROPH  1414w
HOMEOSTASIS  1514n
INGESTION  1616w
LIFE  1717nw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717w
METABOLISM  124w
MOTILE  34s
NUTRITION  1111w
REPRODUCTION  1414n
RESPIRATION  1415w
SESSILE  71w
SYNTHESIS  71e
TRANSPORT  911nw