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  121w
AEROBIC  713sw
ANAEROBIC  83e
AUTOTROPH  121e
CIRCULATION  152w
DIGESTION  1419w
EGESTION  1118n
EQUILIBRIUM  128s
EXCRETION  1913n
FEEDBACK  139s
GROWTH  1117w
HETEROTROPH  148w
HOMEOSTASIS  158s
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175s
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175w
METABOLISM  1218w
MOTILE  1510se
NUTRITION  1111w
REPRODUCTION  148s
RESPIRATION  147w
SESSILE  124e
SYNTHESIS  124w
TRANSPORT  913w