Biology Regents Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. Segment of DNA that codes for a specific trait or protein.
  2. 4. Element that cycles through the atmosphere, organisms, oceans, and soil in ecosystems.
  3. 6. Process by which plants convert light energy into chemical energy to produce glucose.
  4. 7. Maintenance of stable internal conditions within an organism.
  5. 8. Organism that lives on or in another organism and harms the host.
  6. 13. Organism that makes its own food using sunlight or chemical energy.
  7. 14. Process in which DNA is used to make mRNA during protein synthesis.
  8. 15. Protein that speeds up chemical reactions in living cells.
Down
  1. 1. Total mass of living organisms at a trophic level in an ecosystem.
  2. 2. Different version of the same gene.
  3. 3. Simple sugar produced during photosynthesis and used as cellular energy.
  4. 5. Process by which cells release energy from glucose.
  5. 9. Trait that increases an organism’s chance of survival and reproduction in its environment.
  6. 10. Community of organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment.
  7. 11. Change in the DNA sequence that may create genetic variation.
  8. 12. Functional unit of the kidney that filters blood and forms urine.