Biology Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 7. a process in which one or more substances are converted to one or more different substances
- 9. a subatomic particle with a positive charge
- 10. a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electrons to form electron pairs
- 13. a homogeneous mixture where one substance is evenly and completely distributed into another substance
- 14. the basic unit of an element, is the building block of everything
- 15. the substance being dissolved when forming a solution
- 16. an elementary particle that has a negative charge of electricity and travels around the nucleus of an atom
- 18. a combination of two or more substances in any proportion
- 19. a substance that releases hydroxide ions into solutions
- 20. a molecule made up of amino acids linked together by covalent bonds
- 26. the smallest particle of a substance that has all of the physical and chemical properties of that substance
- 27. a substance made up of two or more different chemical elements
- 28. a solution that can resist pH change upon the addition of an acidic or basic components
- 29. a biological molecule composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms
Down
- 1. a region on an enzyme that binds to a protein or other substance during a reaction
- 2. the positively charged center of the atom consisting of protons and neutrons
- 3. a molecule that is the basic building block of the nucleic acids DNA and RNA
- 4. a subatomic particle with a neutral charge
- 5. a substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction
- 6. an atom or molecule that is charged due to a difference in number of electrons and protons
- 8. a substance with the ability to dissolve other substances to form a solution
- 11. a substance that acts as a catalyst in living organisms
- 12. a substance that is present at the end of a chemical reaction
- 17. large molecules formed by joining smaller organic molecules together
- 20. a large molecule made up of many repeating compounds called monomers
- 21. an atom with the same amount of protons but different amount of neutrons
- 22. the fundamental building blocks of proteins
- 23. a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being consumed during the reaction
- 24. the reactants that bind to an enzyme
- 25. a substance that releases hydrogen ions into solutions