All Science Words Part 2

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Across
  1. 2. relating to the process of breaking down food for energy
  2. 6. a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers
  3. 9. the outer layer of skin covering the body surface
  4. 14. the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants
  5. 15. the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
  6. 17. process converting nutrients into energy in a cell
  7. 19. able to synthesize its own food
  8. 21. metabolic equilibrium maintained by biological mechanisms
  9. 23. any of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms
  10. 24. a band of fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages
  11. 25. underground plant organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes
  12. 27. a pore in a plant through which gases and vapor can pass
  13. 29. the thigh bone of the human skeleton
  14. 31. formation of compounds in plants aided by radiant energy
  15. 32. plant tissue that conducts synthesized food substances
  16. 33. a cell fragment essential for blood clotting in vertebrates
  17. 34. a minute blood vessel connecting arterioles with venules
  18. 35. the watery fluid in which blood cells are suspended
  19. 38. a structure in an animal specialized for some function
  20. 41. any substance that can be metabolized to give energy
  21. 42. a small organ that synthesizes and secretes chemicals
  22. 43. an organism’s orienting response to light
  23. 45. a blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart
  24. 48. small, hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow
  25. 49. anterior part of the brain consisting of two hemispheres
  26. 54. a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
  27. 55. fine spores produced by flowers to fertilize other flowers
  28. 56. one of the bony segments of the spinal column
  29. 57. the organic processes that are necessary for life
  30. 58. the bodily process of discharging waste matter
  31. 62. the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels
  32. 64. the junction between two neurons
  33. 65. tough elastic tissue, mostly converted to bone in adults
  34. 67. taking a substance, usually by injection, against a disease
  35. 68. a major division of the vertebrate brain
  36. 69. the secretion of an endocrine gland transmitted by the blood
  37. 70. a living organism without the power to move
  38. 71. plant tissue that conducts water and dissolved nutrients
Down
  1. 1. the structure providing a frame for the body of an animal
  2. 3. the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
  3. 4. the point of connection between two bones
  4. 5. the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation
  5. 7. the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower
  6. 8. the organic process of nourishing or being nourished
  7. 10. relating to or conferring resistance to disease
  8. 11. the part of the skull that encloses the brain
  9. 12. part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells
  10. 13. a band of tissue connecting a muscle to its bony attachment
  11. 16. the process by which the body breaks down food
  12. 18. not subject to the control of the will
  13. 19. a plant that completes its entire life cycle in a year
  14. 20. the process of generating offspring
  15. 22. organelle in which photosynthesis takes place
  16. 26. relating to clear fluid containing white blood cells
  17. 28. the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
  18. 30. perform vaccinations or inoculate against a disease
  19. 34. of or relating to the heart
  20. 35. any disease-producing agent
  21. 36. fertilize by transferring spores from one plant to another
  22. 37. the organ that is center of the nervous system
  23. 39. a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
  24. 40. a bundle of fibers running to organs and tissues of the body
  25. 44. one of the contractile organs of the body
  26. 46. of or relating to a system of sensory apparatus
  27. 47. a red protein in blood that transports oxygen
  28. 50. a tear-shaped plant structure from which a new plant grows
  29. 51. of or belonging to glands that secrete hormones
  30. 52. a plant lasting for three seasons or more
  31. 53. the large artery carrying blood from the heart to the body
  32. 59. pertaining to the act of breathing
  33. 60. a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium
  34. 61. sprout; produce buds or branches
  35. 63. the collective amount of leaves of one or more plants
  36. 66. the breastbone
  37. 67. of your own free will or design