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  1618n
AEROBIC  77n
ANAEROBIC  1618w
AUTOTROPH  417ne
CIRCULATION  179s
DIGESTION  162w
EGESTION  1320e
EQUILIBRIUM  1410sw
EXCRETION  1814n
FEEDBACK  2014n
GROWTH  32s
HETEROTROPH  148s
HOMEOSTASIS  147w
INGESTION  166w
LIFE  175e
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111sw
LOCOMOTION  175w
METABOLISM  420n
MOTILE  127sw
NUTRITION  1719w
REPRODUCTION  148w
RESPIRATION  158s
SESSILE  67n
SYNTHESIS  173w
TRANSPORT  149sw