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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S O H I J L R T G I I U T G L G H I I C
M N R O G E I O G U B C R A I Y E S C P
I H E N N M P R Q O N X Q O O D S M C R
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X M J I L O C O M O T I O N N M D Y A V
S R I O I G F F A T T R O P S N A R T Q
M Q P N F A B S O R P T I O N U M M C R
H K Z M E E Y W J F R M Q I C I F I D T
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ABSORPTION  619e
AEROBIC  194s
ANAEROBIC  192s
AUTOTROPH  31s
CIRCULATION  41s
DIGESTION  1611nw
EGESTION  1710nw
EQUILIBRIUM  812ne
EXCRETION  22s
FEEDBACK  913e
GROWTH  99ne
HETEROTROPH  814n
HOMEOSTASIS  815e
INGESTION  616e
LIFE  517s
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111ne
LOCOMOTION  517e
METABOLISM  182s
MOTILE  182w
NUTRITION  411s
REPRODUCTION  814e
RESPIRATION  714n
SESSILE  64s
SYNTHESIS  175s
TRANSPORT  1918w