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  318n
AEROBIC  318e
ANAEROBIC  168s
AUTOTROPH  318ne
CIRCULATION  820e
DIGESTION  197s
EGESTION  1718n
EQUILIBRIUM  128s
EXCRETION  128sw
FEEDBACK  139s
GROWTH  193w
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175e
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175w
METABOLISM  12s
MOTILE  12e
NUTRITION  1111s
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  316ne
SYNTHESIS  113w
TRANSPORT  14e