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  74s
AEROBIC  177s
ANAEROBIC  175s
AUTOTROPH  19s
CIRCULATION  14e
DIGESTION  2019w
EGESTION  1910s
EQUILIBRIUM  1214n
EXCRETION  1910n
FEEDBACK  1313n
GROWTH  1819n
HETEROTROPH  1414w
HOMEOSTASIS  1514n
INGESTION  1616n
LIFE  1717nw
LIFEFUNCTIONS  1111nw
LOCOMOTION  1717w
METABOLISM  2014n
MOTILE  419e
NUTRITION  1111w
REPRODUCTION  1414n
RESPIRATION  1415w
SESSILE  93e
SYNTHESIS  13e
TRANSPORT  82e