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  1118ne
AEROBIC  1219w
ANAEROBIC  1419w
AUTOTROPH  1118nw
CIRCULATION  1718w
DIGESTION  108sw
EGESTION  11s
EQUILIBRIUM  1410sw
EXCRETION  11e
FEEDBACK  139se
GROWTH  810w
HETEROTROPH  148s
HOMEOSTASIS  147w
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175sw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175w
METABOLISM  420e
MOTILE  127sw
NUTRITION  1111se
REPRODUCTION  148w
RESPIRATION  128sw
SESSILE  47ne
SYNTHESIS  199n
TRANSPORT  149sw