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  12s
AEROBIC  156sw
ANAEROBIC  174sw
AUTOTROPH  12e
CIRCULATION  33s
DIGESTION  197s
EGESTION  112e
EQUILIBRIUM  1014ne
EXCRETION  214n
FEEDBACK  109n
GROWTH  1619w
HETEROTROPH  814e
HOMEOSTASIS  714n
INGESTION  616e
LIFE  517e
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517n
METABOLISM  204w
MOTILE  204s
NUTRITION  1815n
REPRODUCTION  814n
RESPIRATION  815e
SESSILE  820w
SYNTHESIS  1620w
TRANSPORT  914ne