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  1816n
ANAEROBIC  1818n
AUTOTROPH  49e
CIRCULATION  1219nw
DIGESTION  320e
EGESTION  620ne
EQUILIBRIUM  1410w
EXCRETION  1410sw
FEEDBACK  813se
GROWTH  719w
HETEROTROPH  148s
HOMEOSTASIS  147w
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175e
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175w
METABOLISM  163w
MOTILE  1911n
NUTRITION  29n
REPRODUCTION  148w
RESPIRATION  158s
SESSILE  67n
SYNTHESIS  19s
TRANSPORT  24e