Life Science Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. The process of creating an exact genetic copy of an organism
  2. 7. A part of DNA that carries a specific trait
  3. 8. The study of the relationship between organisms and their environment
  4. 9. The study of all living things
  5. 12. An animal with a backbone
  6. 13. No long in existence
  7. 14. A living thing
  8. 20. A trait that makes an animal or plant better able to live in its environment
  9. 22. The gradual change in a species over a long period of time
Down
  1. 1. An increase of the average temperature of the earth and oceans (2 words)
  2. 2. The order in which organisms are by other organisms (2 words)
  3. 3. An area in which living and nonliving things interact
  4. 4. The material in a cell's nucleus that carries all the information about what traits a living thing may have
  5. 6. A molecule that is necessary for cell growth, repair, and energy
  6. 7. The study of heredity or how traits are passed from parents to offspring
  7. 10. The body's system for fighting disease causing germs (2 words)
  8. 11. The process by which plants use carbon dioxide, sunlight, and water to make food
  9. 15. A protein made by white blood cells that attack and kill germs
  10. 16. The change in the genetic information within a cell
  11. 17. A consumer that eats other animals
  12. 18. Differences among species
  13. 19. The smallest part of a living thing that can carry out all the activities needed for life
  14. 21. Something in the environment that causes the body to react, such as a sight or sound