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  1318nw
AEROBIC  77nw
ANAEROBIC  183w
AUTOTROPH  619e
CIRCULATION  718e
DIGESTION  108sw
EGESTION  204w
EQUILIBRIUM  1410sw
EXCRETION  204s
FEEDBACK  61e
GROWTH  194s
HETEROTROPH  148s
HOMEOSTASIS  147w
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175sw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175s
METABOLISM  420e
MOTILE  1320e
NUTRITION  1111se
REPRODUCTION  148w
RESPIRATION  128sw
SESSILE  54e
SYNTHESIS  313n
TRANSPORT  1616n