Cell: The Building Block of Life

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Across
  1. 6. Shrinkage of plant cell contents away from the wall due to water loss.
  2. 9. Central cell component discovered by Robert Brown in 1831.
  3. 10. Movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane.
  4. 12. Fundamental structural and functional unit of life.
  5. 13. Apparatus involved in the storage, modification, and packaging of products.
  6. 14. Large storage sacs often occupying most of a plant cell's volume.
  7. 16. Complex substance providing strength to plant cell walls.
  8. 17. Cells with an undefined nuclear region called a nucleoid.
  9. 19. Reductional cell division responsible for producing gametes.
Down
  1. 1. Movement of substances from high to low concentration.
  2. 2. The fluid content enclosed by the plasma membrane.
  3. 3. Functional segments of DNA that carry genetic information.
  4. 4. Plastids containing green pigment for photosynthesis.
  5. 5. Known as suicide bags because they can self-digest.
  6. 7. Equational cell division used for growth and tissue repair.
  7. 8. Organelle known as the powerhouse of the cell.
  8. 9. The undefined nuclear region found in prokaryotes.
  9. 11. Scientist who first discovered cells in cork in 1665.
  10. 15. The molecule serving as the energy currency of cells.
  11. 18. Membrane-less organelles that are the sites of protein synthesis.