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  317n
AEROBIC  183s
ANAEROBIC  317ne
AUTOTROPH  183w
CIRCULATION  1110w
DIGESTION  1318n
EGESTION  1118n
EQUILIBRIUM  128s
EXCRETION  41e
FEEDBACK  84e
GROWTH  1117w
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166s
LIFE  175w
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175s
METABOLISM  1218w
MOTILE  318ne
NUTRITION  110n
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  182w
SYNTHESIS  46e
TRANSPORT  410n