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  1116e
AEROBIC  78nw
ANAEROBIC  1220e
AUTOTROPH  1220w
CIRCULATION  93e
DIGESTION  1510nw
EGESTION  203s
EQUILIBRIUM  812e
EXCRETION  314n
FEEDBACK  913e
GROWTH  614sw
HETEROTROPH  814n
HOMEOSTASIS  815e
INGESTION  616n
LIFE  517ne
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517e
METABOLISM  192w
MOTILE  1812n
NUTRITION  1111e
REPRODUCTION  814e
RESPIRATION  714n
SESSILE  175w
SYNTHESIS  17s
TRANSPORT  139nw