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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Answer Key for Characteristics of Living Things

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ABSORPTION  25s
AEROBIC  1613n
ANAEROBIC  1615n
AUTOTROPH  49ne
CIRCULATION  2012n
DIGESTION  1919w
EGESTION  411e
EQUILIBRIUM  1412w
EXCRETION  411ne
FEEDBACK  1313w
GROWTH  194s
HETEROTROPH  1414n
HOMEOSTASIS  1415w
INGESTION  1616w
LIFE  1717n
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717w
METABOLISM  412n
MOTILE  43e
NUTRITION  1111n
REPRODUCTION  1414w
RESPIRATION  1514n
SESSILE  1320e
SYNTHESIS  520e
TRANSPORT  119nw