Plants and Animal Cells Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 6. filaments and tubules that crisscross cytoplasm and help maintain a cell’s shape
  2. 7. Organisms whose cells that contain a nucleus
  3. 10. thin coat of lipids that surrounds the cell
  4. 11. structure within the cytoplasm that performs a specific job in the cell
  5. 13. theory that states all living things are made of cells, cells are the building blocks of life, and all cells come from preexisting cells
  6. 14. British scientist who discovered cells
  7. 15. discovered that all cells come from preexisting cells in 1858
  8. 16. contains genetic instructions that cells need to make protein
  9. 18. prokaryotic cells are mostly found in ____________ organisms
  10. 19. cell that has many, smaller vacuoles
Down
  1. 1. made up of watery substance called cytosol found in all cells
  2. 2. contains and protects most of a cell’s DNA
  3. 3. organelle in animal and plant cells where proteins are made
  4. 4. organelle that stores substances found in animal and plant cells
  5. 5. Organisms whose cells that do not contain a nucleus
  6. 8. scientist who scraped plaque from his teeth to observe under a microscope and discovered rotifers and human blood cells
  7. 9. organelle in animal and plant cells that provides energy to the cell
  8. 10. organelle found in plant cells that makes photosynthesis
  9. 12. eukaryotic cells are mostly found in _____________ organisms
  10. 17. cell that has central large vacuole