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  64se
AEROBIC  714sw
ANAEROBIC  203w
AUTOTROPH  203s
CIRCULATION  124w
DIGESTION  128se
EGESTION  85e
EQUILIBRIUM  810se
EXCRETION  1720nw
FEEDBACK  82w
GROWTH  1410e
HETEROTROPH  88s
HOMEOSTASIS  87e
INGESTION  66s
LIFE  55se
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55s
METABOLISM  1820w
MOTILE  107se
NUTRITION  188s
REPRODUCTION  88e
RESPIRATION  78s
SESSILE  1020n
SYNTHESIS  86e
TRANSPORT  89se