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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C N U O T J O H T S X B U R R T S S E A
A C A H R F I P T I O C E B R N U N R N
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R D O H O R S E R U C N I G I K U T R C
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I F H S O A R E P R O D U C T I O N T B
U Z S I C F F H O M E O S T A S I S I O
P Q J S O I N G E S T I O N W C N V O R
C H M W L V P C T J N G B E C K P L N E
A R I I C I R C U L A T I O N Y B K E A
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Answer Key for Characteristics of Living Things

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ABSORPTION  198s
AEROBIC  78nw
ANAEROBIC  2020n
AUTOTROPH  36s
CIRCULATION  518e
DIGESTION  1214ne
EGESTION  101w
EQUILIBRIUM  812ne
EXCRETION  172sw
FEEDBACK  111n
GROWTH  91sw
HETEROTROPH  814n
HOMEOSTASIS  815e
INGESTION  616e
LIFE  517sw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517n
METABOLISM  182w
MOTILE  1015ne
NUTRITION  1814n
REPRODUCTION  814e
RESPIRATION  714n
SESSILE  102s
SYNTHESIS  48s
TRANSPORT  813ne