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  520n
AEROBIC  102e
ANAEROBIC  102w
AUTOTROPH  1817nw
CIRCULATION  1120w
DIGESTION  1911s
EGESTION  124w
EQUILIBRIUM  810se
EXCRETION  124e
FEEDBACK  1910w
GROWTH  68nw
HETEROTROPH  88s
HOMEOSTASIS  87e
INGESTION  66s
LIFE  55se
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55e
METABOLISM  1820n
MOTILE  1820w
NUTRITION  120n
REPRODUCTION  88e
RESPIRATION  78s
SESSILE  710nw
SYNTHESIS  518e
TRANSPORT  89se