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  313n
AEROBIC  313s
ANAEROBIC  112s
AUTOTROPH  71e
CIRCULATION  1710sw
DIGESTION  192w
EGESTION  211n
EQUILIBRIUM  108se
EXCRETION  2013n
FEEDBACK  99s
GROWTH  86nw
HETEROTROPH  88e
HOMEOSTASIS  78s
INGESTION  66e
LIFE  55se
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55s
METABOLISM  2018w
MOTILE  2018n
NUTRITION  720e
REPRODUCTION  88s
RESPIRATION  87e
SESSILE  1717w
SYNTHESIS  1911n
TRANSPORT  67s