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  178s
AEROBIC  87nw
ANAEROBIC  1810s
AUTOTROPH  918nw
CIRCULATION  93e
DIGESTION  119e
EGESTION  184w
EQUILIBRIUM  128s
EXCRETION  1118nw
FEEDBACK  139s
GROWTH  152w
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166s
LIFE  175sw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175w
METABOLISM  1218w
MOTILE  318n
NUTRITION  1111w
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  31e
SYNTHESIS  38se
TRANSPORT  199s