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  410n
AEROBIC  157n
ANAEROBIC  1519w
AUTOTROPH  410s
CIRCULATION  519n
DIGESTION  134w
EGESTION  314n
EQUILIBRIUM  810se
EXCRETION  1720nw
FEEDBACK  99e
GROWTH  112w
HETEROTROPH  88s
HOMEOSTASIS  87e
INGESTION  66s
LIFE  55s
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55e
METABOLISM  1820w
MOTILE  1820n
NUTRITION  1111e
REPRODUCTION  88e
RESPIRATION  78s
SESSILE  167n
SYNTHESIS  51e
TRANSPORT  89se