Extra Credit Science Terms
Across
- 3. Instructions for making a copy of a virus
- 7. Passing genetic changes to next generation
- 9. A boundary that controls what enters and leaves the cell
- 10. Help viruses break into a cell
- 11. The biological process by which new individual organisms are produced from their parent(s).
- 12. The smallest unit of matter
- 14. A structure that makes proteins; free or bound to the endoplasmic reticulum
- 15. The process in which plants convert light energy into chemical energy
Down
- 1. Protects the viruses curbside (not in all viruses)
- 2. Small piece of genetic material that is independent of other DNA in the cell amd that can be passed to other bacteria
- 4. The basic unit of life
- 5. A state of suspended biological activity where the organism is alive but inactive
- 6. Molecules that protect a virus genetic code
- 8. The passing of traits from parent to offspring.
- 13. Converts the energy in food into usable energy for the cell.
- 16. Chemical symbol for water