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  189s
AEROBIC  615ne
ANAEROBIC  417ne
AUTOTROPH  189n
CIRCULATION  55e
DIGESTION  25s
EGESTION  520e
EQUILIBRIUM  1410sw
EXCRETION  114n
FEEDBACK  62e
GROWTH  620ne
HETEROTROPH  148s
HOMEOSTASIS  147w
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175n
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175s
METABOLISM  420n
MOTILE  411e
NUTRITION  1518w
REPRODUCTION  148w
RESPIRATION  158s
SESSILE  47n
SYNTHESIS  29e
TRANSPORT  149sw