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  209sw
AEROBIC  147ne
ANAEROBIC  209s
AUTOTROPH  209w
CIRCULATION  418n
DIGESTION  25s
EGESTION  131se
EQUILIBRIUM  108se
EXCRETION  171w
FEEDBACK  57s
GROWTH  27ne
HETEROTROPH  88e
HOMEOSTASIS  78s
INGESTION  66e
LIFE  55nw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55e
METABOLISM  619n
MOTILE  619w
NUTRITION  1118e
REPRODUCTION  88s
RESPIRATION  87e
SESSILE  920w
SYNTHESIS  912s
TRANSPORT  189sw