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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Q C O S G C S N Z R O L A E R O B I C M
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ABSORPTION  96e
AEROBIC  1318e
ANAEROBIC  110n
AUTOTROPH  1215ne
CIRCULATION  39s
DIGESTION  1620w
EGESTION  216n
EQUILIBRIUM  108se
EXCRETION  64e
FEEDBACK  99s
GROWTH  11e
HETEROTROPH  88e
HOMEOSTASIS  78s
INGESTION  66s
LIFE  55e
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55s
METABOLISM  2018n
MOTILE  209sw
NUTRITION  1111s
REPRODUCTION  88s
RESPIRATION  87e
SESSILE  410n
SYNTHESIS  410s
TRANSPORT  1120ne