Characteristics of Living Things

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Across
  1. 1. All living things grow
  2. 5. Getting rid of waste
  3. 6. The ability to reproduce and pass genetic information onto their offspring
Down
  1. 2. A chemical reaction that happens within cells to release energy from food
  2. 3. The ability to detect changes in the surrounding environment
  3. 4. All living things move in some way. This may be obvious, such as animals that are able to walk, or less obvious, such as plants that have parts that move to track the movement of the sun
  4. 7. The intake and use of nutrients. This occurs in very different ways in different kinds of living things