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  74e
AEROBIC  87nw
ANAEROBIC  34s
AUTOTROPH  420e
CIRCULATION  82e
DIGESTION  117n
EGESTION  1619n
EQUILIBRIUM  128sw
EXCRETION  217ne
FEEDBACK  139s
GROWTH  56n
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175ne
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175s
METABOLISM  218n
MOTILE  218e
NUTRITION  1111s
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  208n
SYNTHESIS  2016n
TRANSPORT  138sw