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  32e
AEROBIC  215ne
ANAEROBIC  75e
AUTOTROPH  32s
CIRCULATION  143w
DIGESTION  197s
EGESTION  184s
EQUILIBRIUM  128sw
EXCRETION  217ne
FEEDBACK  139s
GROWTH  818w
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175nw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175s
METABOLISM  218n
MOTILE  29n
NUTRITION  1111s
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  110s
SYNTHESIS  110n
TRANSPORT  138sw