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  116e
AEROBIC  72se
ANAEROBIC  518e
AUTOTROPH  1120e
CIRCULATION  110s
DIGESTION  220e
EGESTION  313e
EQUILIBRIUM  1412nw
EXCRETION  52se
FEEDBACK  1519w
GROWTH  33s
HETEROTROPH  1414n
HOMEOSTASIS  1415w
INGESTION  1616n
LIFE  1717se
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717n
METABOLISM  42e
MOTILE  42s
NUTRITION  1111w
REPRODUCTION  1414w
RESPIRATION  1514n
SESSILE  2014s
SYNTHESIS  206s
TRANSPORT  99w