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  118n
AEROBIC  1520nw
ANAEROBIC  412n
AUTOTROPH  412s
CIRCULATION  75e
DIGESTION  211s
EGESTION  318n
EQUILIBRIUM  810se
EXCRETION  1720nw
FEEDBACK  99e
GROWTH  164w
HETEROTROPH  88s
HOMEOSTASIS  87e
INGESTION  66s
LIFE  55n
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111se
LOCOMOTION  55s
METABOLISM  1820w
MOTILE  1820n
NUTRITION  1111e
REPRODUCTION  88e
RESPIRATION  78s
SESSILE  187n
SYNTHESIS  156w
TRANSPORT  89se