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  218n
AEROBIC  147ne
ANAEROBIC  111e
AUTOTROPH  317n
CIRCULATION  17s
DIGESTION  120e
EGESTION  1118n
EQUILIBRIUM  108s
EXCRETION  1118ne
FEEDBACK  99s
GROWTH  94w
HETEROTROPH  88e
HOMEOSTASIS  78s
INGESTION  66e
LIFE  55w
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55e
METABOLISM  1018e
MOTILE  710nw
NUTRITION  1111e
REPRODUCTION  88s
RESPIRATION  87e
SESSILE  1818n
SYNTHESIS  520n
TRANSPORT  620n