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  916e
AEROBIC  27n
ANAEROBIC  29n
AUTOTROPH  29s
CIRCULATION  49s
DIGESTION  1912s
EGESTION  93s
EQUILIBRIUM  812ne
EXCRETION  172sw
FEEDBACK  913e
GROWTH  94e
HETEROTROPH  814n
HOMEOSTASIS  815e
INGESTION  616n
LIFE  517ne
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517e
METABOLISM  182w
MOTILE  182s
NUTRITION  1111e
REPRODUCTION  814e
RESPIRATION  714n
SESSILE  181w
SYNTHESIS  43e
TRANSPORT  813ne