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  206s
AEROBIC  114s
ANAEROBIC  114n
AUTOTROPH  144w
CIRCULATION  122w
DIGESTION  38s
EGESTION  411e
EQUILIBRIUM  1412w
EXCRETION  411ne
FEEDBACK  1920n
GROWTH  1813n
HETEROTROPH  1414n
HOMEOSTASIS  1415w
INGESTION  1616w
LIFE  1717w
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717n
METABOLISM  412n
MOTILE  43e
NUTRITION  1111n
REPRODUCTION  1414w
RESPIRATION  1514n
SESSILE  208nw
SYNTHESIS  216n
TRANSPORT  313e