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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M F T O Y N R N U X E I K I S D P V B V
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L G N R K R V W Y C O L D D O I I P E F
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M T U S E S S I L E U U E R M S O X T C
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B T Z E S D I R D H J U Z K Y C J V L Z
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ABSORPTION  414n
AEROBIC  142e
ANAEROBIC  122e
AUTOTROPH  71s
CIRCULATION  131w
DIGESTION  1516w
EGESTION  114s
EQUILIBRIUM  1214n
EXCRETION  517e
FEEDBACK  1313n
GROWTH  115w
HETEROTROPH  1414w
HOMEOSTASIS  1514n
INGESTION  1616n
LIFE  1717w
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717n
METABOLISM  124w
MOTILE  34s
NUTRITION  1111w
REPRODUCTION  1414n
RESPIRATION  1415w
SESSILE  412e
SYNTHESIS  1915n
TRANSPORT  73e