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  203w
AEROBIC  714sw
ANAEROBIC  36s
AUTOTROPH  203s
CIRCULATION  818e
DIGESTION  519e
EGESTION  45s
EQUILIBRIUM  810e
EXCRETION  52e
FEEDBACK  99e
GROWTH  719nw
HETEROTROPH  88s
HOMEOSTASIS  87e
INGESTION  66s
LIFE  55n
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55s
METABOLISM  920e
MOTILE  107nw
NUTRITION  1111e
REPRODUCTION  88e
RESPIRATION  78s
SESSILE  1717w
SYNTHESIS  213n
TRANSPORT  1019n