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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O C I B O R E A N A U T O T R O P H H F
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ABSORPTION  1019nw
AEROBIC  75w
ANAEROBIC  1019w
AUTOTROPH  1019e
CIRCULATION  711n
DIGESTION  1214ne
EGESTION  814nw
EQUILIBRIUM  812ne
EXCRETION  172sw
FEEDBACK  2019n
GROWTH  1412e
HETEROTROPH  814n
HOMEOSTASIS  815e
INGESTION  73e
LIFE  517nw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  1018e
METABOLISM  182w
MOTILE  1015ne
NUTRITION  71e
REPRODUCTION  814e
RESPIRATION  1014ne
SESSILE  102s
SYNTHESIS  817e
TRANSPORT  813ne