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  132w
AEROBIC  161sw
ANAEROBIC  161w
AUTOTROPH  185sw
CIRCULATION  199s
DIGESTION  65s
EGESTION  120n
EQUILIBRIUM  812ne
EXCRETION  12s
FEEDBACK  45s
GROWTH  119e
HETEROTROPH  814n
HOMEOSTASIS  815e
INGESTION  616e
LIFE  517w
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517n
METABOLISM  182s
MOTILE  1015ne
NUTRITION  1919w
REPRODUCTION  814e
RESPIRATION  714n
SESSILE  112s
SYNTHESIS  2020n
TRANSPORT  813ne