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  920n
AEROBIC  147ne
ANAEROBIC  920e
AUTOTROPH  920w
CIRCULATION  111w
DIGESTION  32e
EGESTION  1220n
EQUILIBRIUM  108se
EXCRETION  2017nw
FEEDBACK  43e
GROWTH  1219e
HETEROTROPH  88e
HOMEOSTASIS  78s
INGESTION  66s
LIFE  55se
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55s
METABOLISM  2018n
MOTILE  2018w
NUTRITION  1111s
REPRODUCTION  88s
RESPIRATION  87e
SESSILE  107ne
SYNTHESIS  27s
TRANSPORT  98se