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  1019nw
AEROBIC  1912s
ANAEROBIC  1912w
AUTOTROPH  181w
CIRCULATION  1619w
DIGESTION  1013e
EGESTION  1220e
EQUILIBRIUM  812ne
EXCRETION  134sw
FEEDBACK  209n
GROWTH  144sw
HETEROTROPH  814n
HOMEOSTASIS  815e
INGESTION  164w
LIFE  517s
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  212n
METABOLISM  182w
MOTILE  182s
NUTRITION  1111e
REPRODUCTION  814e
RESPIRATION  714n
SESSILE  2012s
SYNTHESIS  817e
TRANSPORT  813ne