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  183w
AEROBIC  146w
ANAEROBIC  166w
AUTOTROPH  1817nw
CIRCULATION  184w
DIGESTION  39s
EGESTION  111n
EQUILIBRIUM  810se
EXCRETION  111s
FEEDBACK  112e
GROWTH  192s
HETEROTROPH  88s
HOMEOSTASIS  87e
INGESTION  66s
LIFE  55w
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55s
METABOLISM  1820n
MOTILE  107se
NUTRITION  718e
REPRODUCTION  88e
RESPIRATION  78s
SESSILE  219n
SYNTHESIS  219e
TRANSPORT  89se