Cells Crossword Puizzles

2. an organ or cell able to respond to light, heat, or other external stimulus and transmit a signal to a sensory nerve.
4. A rigid layer that gives protection, support, and shape to the cell.
6. A light absorbent pigment that are photosynthetic.
9. A minute cylindrical organelle near the nucleus in animal cells, occurring in pairs and involved in the development of spindle fibers in cell division.
14. Supply energy to the cell.
16. The strand of DNA that is encoded with genes.
17. A solution that contains the same concentration of solute and water as the cell.
18. A fluid-filled sac used for the storage of materials needed by a cell.
19. The process that causes a liquid to pass through the wall of a living cell.
20. A solution of lower osmotic pressure than another solution with which it is compared.

1. Any of a number of organized or specialized structures within a living cell.
3. The brain of the cell which controls all of the cell's activities.
5. A small sac or cyst containing fluid or gas.
6. Surrounds, protects, and regulates the entry and exit of materials.
7. Tiny organelles that link amino acids together to form proteins.
8. A higher osmotic pressure than a particular fluid, typically a body fluid or intracellular fluid.
10. The movement of molecules from a high concentration to a low concentration.
11. A dense region where tiny organelles essential for making proteins are assembled.
12. A jelly like substance that contains dissolved molecular building blocks.
13. "Distribution center" that sorts, packages, and distributes materials.
15. "Plant food factory" that traps light to make glucose; site of photosynthesis.