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  109w
AEROBIC  75w
ANAEROBIC  1915n
AUTOTROPH  109sw
CIRCULATION  1510s
DIGESTION  1219n
EGESTION  93e
EQUILIBRIUM  128sw
EXCRETION  93w
FEEDBACK  139s
GROWTH  1617n
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  82e
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175sw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175w
METABOLISM  102sw
MOTILE  218e
NUTRITION  1111s
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  89sw
SYNTHESIS  182s
TRANSPORT  138sw