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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V A R I S E S S I L E X U O I E R C O O
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S O C A J K O I M I D N I C T N T T S G
E B E B A K P P T Y G O F U S T H I E J
H I Q D Z B B I S C N F E D O S D O G H
T C U E N H O A N N N F O O E W S N I H
N G I E C N N K L J A U J R M E J Z D C
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M B I E N S P N O I T O M O C O L E V E
M F U C A U T O T R O P H E A H A H B C
A J M E T A B O L I S M E D H S Y P Z B
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ABSORPTION  23e
AEROBIC  25s
ANAEROBIC  23s
AUTOTROPH  518e
CIRCULATION  124w
DIGESTION  1912n
EGESTION  183sw
EQUILIBRIUM  39s
EXCRETION  183s
FEEDBACK  413n
GROWTH  174s
HETEROTROPH  1414w
HOMEOSTASIS  1514n
INGESTION  1616w
LIFE  1717nw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717w
METABOLISM  319e
MOTILE  1512se
NUTRITION  144sw
REPRODUCTION  1414n
RESPIRATION  1415w
SESSILE  55e
SYNTHESIS  114n
TRANSPORT  1314nw