Biology Post-Test Crossword
Across
- 3. Type of moth used to demonstrate natural selection in industrial areas
- 6. Process by which organisms with favorable traits survive and reproduce more successfully
- 8. In biology, an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its environment
- 9. Organism that hunts and eats other organisms, like birds eating moths
- 16. The maintenance of a stable internal environment in living organisms
- 17. A trait that helps an organism survive in its environment
- 18. Cell with a specific function, like red blood cells or neurons
- 20. Simple sugar that cells use for energy, regulated by insulin
- 21. Disease caused by uncontrolled cell division
- 23. Longest phase of the cell cycle when the cell grows and prepares for division
- 24. Process by which DNA makes an exact copy of itself
Down
- 1. Movement of molecules from high concentration to low concentration
- 2. Type of cell division that produces two identical diploid cells
- 4. Change in species over time through natural selection
- 5. A change in DNA sequence that can lead to genetic variation
- 7. Structure made of DNA and proteins that carries genetic information
- 10. Control mechanism in the cell cycle that ensures proper division
- 11. Semipermeable barrier that surrounds all cells
- 12. Undifferentiated cell that can develop into many different cell types
- 13. Diffusion of water across a semipermeable membrane
- 14. Student whose diabetes case we studied this semester
- 15. Disease that affects how the body processes blood sugar, studied in Grace's case
- 19. Hormone produced by the pancreas that helps cells absorb glucose
- 22. Differences in traits among individuals in a population