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  1615n
AEROBIC  46se
ANAEROBIC  219e
AUTOTROPH  1714n
CIRCULATION  412n
DIGESTION  81e
EGESTION  208n
EQUILIBRIUM  208s
EXCRETION  1918n
FEEDBACK  1313n
GROWTH  101s
HETEROTROPH  1414n
HOMEOSTASIS  1415w
INGESTION  1616w
LIFE  1717nw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717w
METABOLISM  2018w
MOTILE  1215nw
NUTRITION  1111n
REPRODUCTION  1414w
RESPIRATION  1514n
SESSILE  89sw
SYNTHESIS  121s
TRANSPORT  45se