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  1211sw
AEROBIC  215ne
ANAEROBIC  32s
AUTOTROPH  156w
CIRCULATION  178s
DIGESTION  1412sw
EGESTION  1910n
EQUILIBRIUM  128sw
EXCRETION  217ne
FEEDBACK  153w
GROWTH  1214s
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166s
LIFE  175sw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175w
METABOLISM  218n
MOTILE  1510sw
NUTRITION  1418w
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  188n
SYNTHESIS  1816n
TRANSPORT  138sw