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  119w
AEROBIC  720ne
ANAEROBIC  22e
AUTOTROPH  119sw
CIRCULATION  141w
DIGESTION  123e
EGESTION  1911s
EQUILIBRIUM  1410sw
EXCRETION  520ne
FEEDBACK  1611s
GROWTH  1319e
HETEROTROPH  148s
HOMEOSTASIS  147w
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175e
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175s
METABOLISM  420e
MOTILE  1320e
NUTRITION  1111w
REPRODUCTION  148w
RESPIRATION  158s
SESSILE  115w
SYNTHESIS  2016n
TRANSPORT  149sw