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  25s
AEROBIC  32e
ANAEROBIC  32s
AUTOTROPH  189nw
CIRCULATION  817e
DIGESTION  193s
EGESTION  1811w
EQUILIBRIUM  812e
EXCRETION  1811nw
FEEDBACK  913e
GROWTH  106s
HETEROTROPH  814n
HOMEOSTASIS  815e
INGESTION  616n
LIFE  517s
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517n
METABOLISM  1812n
MOTILE  183w
NUTRITION  1111n
REPRODUCTION  814e
RESPIRATION  714n
SESSILE  413s
SYNTHESIS  413n
TRANSPORT  119ne