Biology Vocab

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Across
  1. 4. A living organism or element of biological origin
  2. 5. Break down sugar molecules into simple compounds to produce substances that can be used to make chemical energy
  3. 10. A group of organisms that obtain their energy by consuming other organisms
  4. 11. The amount of something that a person or thing produces
  5. 13. End substance after a biological process has occurred
  6. 18. Physical trait of characteristic of an organism that comes from the interaction of the organism
  7. 19. An organic molecule that includes carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids
  8. 21. An organelle within the cells of plants and certain algae that is the site of photosynthesis
  9. 22. Atoms or small molecules that bound together to form more complex structure,such as polymers
  10. 24. One of two or more alternative forms of a gene that occupy the same position.
  11. 25. The substance that participates in a chemical reaction
  12. 27. A substance that increases the rate
Down
  1. 1. An arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system organized
  2. 2. The often predictable action of the body parts, tissues, and organs within an organism
  3. 3. Trait The inheritance of traits that are typically passed vertically from parent to child
  4. 6. A state of balance among all the body systems needed for the body to survive and function correctly
  5. 7. an organism's complete set of genes or genetic makeup
  6. 8. A pigment present in all green plants and few other oragnism
  7. 9. A chemical process in which oxygen is used to make energy from carbohydrates (sugar)
  8. 12. Any of a class of natural or synthetic substances, compounds of very large molecules called macromolecules
  9. 14. An organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, and other organisms
  10. 15. The unfolding or breaking up protein, modifying its stable three-dimensional structure
  11. 16. Traits One that only expresses when an organism has two recessive alleles for that trait
  12. 17. Special compartments (organelles) in our cells that are best known for their roles as the powerhouse
  13. 20. without oxygen
  14. 23. A Nucleic Acid that plays a crucial role in cells by carrying genetic information.
  15. 26. A molecule that carries the genetic instructions for all known living organisms