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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Answer Key for Characteristics of Living Things

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ABSORPTION  21se
AEROBIC  27se
ANAEROBIC  197s
AUTOTROPH  21e
CIRCULATION  162s
DIGESTION  1410nw
EGESTION  72e
EQUILIBRIUM  1214nw
EXCRETION  25se
FEEDBACK  39s
GROWTH  128n
HETEROTROPH  1414w
HOMEOSTASIS  1514n
INGESTION  1616w
LIFE  1717nw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717n
METABOLISM  24s
MOTILE  1512nw
NUTRITION  144w
REPRODUCTION  1414n
RESPIRATION  1415w
SESSILE  2012n
SYNTHESIS  2012s
TRANSPORT  1314nw