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  18se
AEROBIC  133e
ANAEROBIC  133w
AUTOTROPH  1019nw
CIRCULATION  114n
DIGESTION  21e
EGESTION  35e
EQUILIBRIUM  1410w
EXCRETION  1410sw
FEEDBACK  139w
GROWTH  1218n
HETEROTROPH  148s
HOMEOSTASIS  147w
INGESTION  166s
LIFE  175w
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175s
METABOLISM  719e
MOTILE  719w
NUTRITION  1111w
REPRODUCTION  148w
RESPIRATION  158s
SESSILE  34e
SYNTHESIS  310n
TRANSPORT  911sw