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  2015n
AEROBIC  147ne
ANAEROBIC  2015w
AUTOTROPH  23e
CIRCULATION  31e
DIGESTION  58s
EGESTION  1118n
EQUILIBRIUM  108s
EXCRETION  132w
FEEDBACK  99s
GROWTH  68nw
HETEROTROPH  88e
HOMEOSTASIS  78s
INGESTION  66s
LIFE  55se
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55e
METABOLISM  1018e
MOTILE  86e
NUTRITION  1111e
REPRODUCTION  88s
RESPIRATION  87e
SESSILE  718w
SYNTHESIS  213n
TRANSPORT  209w