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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Answer Key for Characteristics of Living Things

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ABSORPTION  116sw
AEROBIC  76sw
ANAEROBIC  94sw
AUTOTROPH  167s
CIRCULATION  182w
DIGESTION  161w
EGESTION  1310n
EQUILIBRIUM  1214n
EXCRETION  114sw
FEEDBACK  11s
GROWTH  1319e
HETEROTROPH  1414w
HOMEOSTASIS  1514n
INGESTION  1616w
LIFE  1717nw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717n
METABOLISM  124w
MOTILE  34s
NUTRITION  215n
REPRODUCTION  1414n
RESPIRATION  1415w
SESSILE  513e
SYNTHESIS  1920n
TRANSPORT  99sw