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  111e
AEROBIC  918nw
ANAEROBIC  1819w
AUTOTROPH  1819n
CIRCULATION  15s
DIGESTION  203w
EGESTION  1118n
EQUILIBRIUM  128s
EXCRETION  1118nw
FEEDBACK  139s
GROWTH  183s
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166s
LIFE  175w
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175s
METABOLISM  1218w
MOTILE  73w
NUTRITION  29e
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  2013s
SYNTHESIS  116w
TRANSPORT  112se