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  1710n
AEROBIC  1710s
ANAEROBIC  203s
AUTOTROPH  72e
CIRCULATION  411n
DIGESTION  119n
EGESTION  116e
EQUILIBRIUM  1412w
EXCRETION  1813n
FEEDBACK  1313w
GROWTH  117e
HETEROTROPH  1414n
HOMEOSTASIS  1415w
INGESTION  1616w
LIFE  1717e
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717w
METABOLISM  318e
MOTILE  1119e
NUTRITION  1111n
REPRODUCTION  1414w
RESPIRATION  1514n
SESSILE  2018w
SYNTHESIS  2012s
TRANSPORT  112sw