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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B E N H T W O R G S J X O N Y L I E X R
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Answer Key for Characteristics of Living Things

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Word X Y Direction
ABSORPTION  205s
AEROBIC  27se
ANAEROBIC  131w
AUTOTROPH  1619w
CIRCULATION  1614nw
DIGESTION  1410nw
EGESTION  202w
EQUILIBRIUM  1214nw
EXCRETION  25se
FEEDBACK  18n
GROWTH  918w
HETEROTROPH  1414w
HOMEOSTASIS  195s
INGESTION  1616w
LIFE  1717s
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717n
METABOLISM  24s
MOTILE  213s
NUTRITION  144w
REPRODUCTION  1414n
RESPIRATION  1415w
SESSILE  106e
SYNTHESIS  183s
TRANSPORT  1314nw