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  124sw
AEROBIC  132e
ANAEROBIC  132w
AUTOTROPH  125se
CIRCULATION  64e
DIGESTION  1214ne
EGESTION  211n
EQUILIBRIUM  716e
EXCRETION  58e
FEEDBACK  51e
GROWTH  2019n
HETEROTROPH  814n
HOMEOSTASIS  815e
INGESTION  511n
LIFE  517nw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517e
METABOLISM  193w
MOTILE  1015ne
NUTRITION  1111nw
REPRODUCTION  814e
RESPIRATION  1014ne
SESSILE  111n
SYNTHESIS  111s
TRANSPORT  619e