Biology Bonus

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Across
  1. 4. external changes to DNA that turn genes "on" or "off"
  2. 5. shows intermediate stages of organisms with small changes occurring over time
  3. 6. cell division that produces gametes
  4. 8. contains a nucleus and membrane-bound structures
  5. 10. the process by which cells become specialized
  6. 11. only in animal cells, help in cell division
  7. 13. controls all functions of the cell
  8. 15. the scientific study of heredity
  9. 17. what an organism's chromosomes look like
  10. 18. converts sugar into energy for the cell
  11. 19. makes protein
  12. 20. when cancer cells spread to new parts of the body
Down
  1. 1. no nucleus or any other structure with a membrane around them
  2. 2. makes ribosomes
  3. 3. changes in organisms which are significant enough that, over time, the newer organisms would be considered an entirely new species
  4. 7. specific characteristics of an individual that are inherited
  5. 9. the delivery of characteristics from parent to offspring
  6. 12. when all organisms of a species have died
  7. 14. only in plant cells, converts light, carbon dioxide, and water into sugar
  8. 16. a permanent change in the nitrogen base sequence of a gene