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  1316w
AEROBIC  154w
ANAEROBIC  174w
AUTOTROPH  185s
CIRCULATION  168w
DIGESTION  910w
EGESTION  22s
EQUILIBRIUM  1412w
EXCRETION  313e
FEEDBACK  1719w
GROWTH  1912n
HETEROTROPH  1414n
HOMEOSTASIS  1415w
INGESTION  310s
LIFE  1717e
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717n
METABOLISM  412n
MOTILE  43e
NUTRITION  1111ne
REPRODUCTION  1414w
RESPIRATION  12e
SESSILE  32s
SYNTHESIS  55e
TRANSPORT  1018e