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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L H P O R T O T U A B S O R P T I O N G
P G A I A K P O R R E J E L I T O M H A
R C I B O R E A N A A R E X B T U E W T
Z U J F B P N Y V E N V O T M I Y T Y R
W V L B Y L O H O C G S M B R J S A I G
F L D E N M I P M M I P P B I N E B L S
W T I R G Z T O B F A R I O O C S O T N
I D G W N C A R U F O L C I R A S L H O
G E E O O I R T Y Y I T T U I T I I O I
C B S Z I Z I O S U K C E F L O L S N T
G P T N T E P R Q B N F J U H A E M N I
Q A I Q O V S E N U L U W Y O Z T A U R
J O O H M F E T F E E D B A C K A I P T
Q I N T O P R E P R O D U C T I O N O U
M P V W C Y F H O M E O S T A S I S H N
F P T O O I N G E S T I O N I M Z O K B
S R G R L N Y O G F W O W D Z K C V U V
I X E G E S T I O N M D T U W G T N U X
H N C S I S E H T N Y S W J N P C L E F
B C J Q J Z E X C R E T I O N R N R U B
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ABSORPTION  101e
AEROBIC  101se
ANAEROBIC  103w
AUTOTROPH  101w
CIRCULATION  105se
DIGESTION  36s
EGESTION  318e
EQUILIBRIUM  812ne
EXCRETION  720e
FEEDBACK  913e
GROWTH  418n
HETEROTROPH  814n
HOMEOSTASIS  815e
INGESTION  616e
LIFE  517ne
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517n
METABOLISM  182s
MOTILE  182w
NUTRITION  2015n
REPRODUCTION  814e
RESPIRATION  714n
SESSILE  175s
SYNTHESIS  1219w
TRANSPORT  81se