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  1615n
AEROBIC  183s
ANAEROBIC  183w
AUTOTROPH  45se
CIRCULATION  33s
DIGESTION  219e
EGESTION  1218e
EQUILIBRIUM  1412nw
EXCRETION  1218w
FEEDBACK  119n
GROWTH  81w
HETEROTROPH  1414n
HOMEOSTASIS  1415w
INGESTION  1616w
LIFE  1717s
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717n
METABOLISM  42s
MOTILE  42e
NUTRITION  313e
REPRODUCTION  1414w
RESPIRATION  1514n
SESSILE  129nw
SYNTHESIS  1317w
TRANSPORT  1413nw