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  16e
AEROBIC  111se
ANAEROBIC  111w
AUTOTROPH  111e
CIRCULATION  112n
DIGESTION  1120w
EGESTION  1118n
EQUILIBRIUM  128s
EXCRETION  1116nw
FEEDBACK  139s
GROWTH  920nw
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166s
LIFE  175n
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175s
METABOLISM  1218w
MOTILE  1818n
NUTRITION  1111w
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  1914s
SYNTHESIS  72e
TRANSPORT  913w