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  2017n
AEROBIC  719e
ANAEROBIC  519e
AUTOTROPH  174sw
CIRCULATION  142w
DIGESTION  153w
EGESTION  131e
EQUILIBRIUM  1014ne
EXCRETION  131w
FEEDBACK  1916w
GROWTH  614sw
HETEROTROPH  814e
HOMEOSTASIS  714n
INGESTION  616n
LIFE  517sw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517e
METABOLISM  204w
MOTILE  712ne
NUTRITION  42s
REPRODUCTION  814n
RESPIRATION  815e
SESSILE  210s
SYNTHESIS  210n
TRANSPORT  914ne