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  111s
AEROBIC  167sw
ANAEROBIC  185sw
AUTOTROPH  111n
CIRCULATION  416n
DIGESTION  102w
EGESTION  920e
EQUILIBRIUM  812ne
EXCRETION  103w
FEEDBACK  1816w
GROWTH  193s
HETEROTROPH  814n
HOMEOSTASIS  815e
INGESTION  616n
LIFE  517w
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517e
METABOLISM  182s
MOTILE  1015ne
NUTRITION  74e
REPRODUCTION  814e
RESPIRATION  714n
SESSILE  218n
SYNTHESIS  218e
TRANSPORT  813ne