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  203w
AEROBIC  77nw
ANAEROBIC  118n
AUTOTROPH  203s
CIRCULATION  171w
DIGESTION  177s
EGESTION  411e
EQUILIBRIUM  1410w
EXCRETION  411se
FEEDBACK  139w
GROWTH  36s
HETEROTROPH  148s
HOMEOSTASIS  147w
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175sw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175w
METABOLISM  410s
MOTILE  419e
NUTRITION  1111s
REPRODUCTION  148w
RESPIRATION  158s
SESSILE  67n
SYNTHESIS  183s
TRANSPORT  192w