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  131sw
AEROBIC  1318w
ANAEROBIC  1518w
AUTOTROPH  185sw
CIRCULATION  71e
DIGESTION  210n
EGESTION  63s
EQUILIBRIUM  812ne
EXCRETION  1212e
FEEDBACK  202s
GROWTH  42e
HETEROTROPH  814n
HOMEOSTASIS  815e
INGESTION  616e
LIFE  517se
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517e
METABOLISM  182s
MOTILE  1811w
NUTRITION  171sw
REPRODUCTION  814e
RESPIRATION  714n
SESSILE  712sw
SYNTHESIS  113w
TRANSPORT  813ne