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  2011w
AEROBIC  147ne
ANAEROBIC  112n
AUTOTROPH  514n
CIRCULATION  1114w
DIGESTION  84e
EGESTION  179w
EQUILIBRIUM  1119w
EXCRETION  1119e
FEEDBACK  142w
GROWTH  151w
HETEROTROPH  88e
HOMEOSTASIS  2018n
INGESTION  66e
LIFE  55n
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55e
METABOLISM  720e
MOTILE  720w
NUTRITION  818e
REPRODUCTION  88s
RESPIRATION  87e
SESSILE  2013w
SYNTHESIS  1717w
TRANSPORT  414n