PLANTS AND ANIMALS NUTRITION AND GAS EXCHANGE CROSSWORD PUZZLE
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- 2. is the delivery of oxygen from the lungs to the bloodstream, and the elimination of carbon dioxide from the bloodstream to the lungs.
- 3. is an organism that produces complex organic compounds.
- 4. is a condition in which something takes in another substance.
- 7. are tiny openings or pores in plant tissue that allow for gas exchange.
- 8. is a chemical compound composed of one carbon and two oxygen atoms.
- 12. is an animal or plant that eats the flesh of animals.
- 13. is an organism that cannot produce its own food.
- 15. energy-carrying molecule found in the cells of all living things.
- 19. is a green pigment found in plants.
- 20. are aquatic and photosynthetic, that is, they live in the water, and can manufacture their own food.
- 21. is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms.
- 22. a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.
- 23. is a substance used by an organism to survive, grow, and reproduce.
- 24. are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.
- 25. are essential for any ecosystem.
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- 1. the absorption and digestion of food or nutrients by the body or any biological system.
- 5. is a chemical reaction that takes place inside a plant, producing food for the plant to survive.
- 6. is any individual entity that propagates the properties of life.
- 9. are animals whose primary food source is plant-based.
- 10. its perform numerous roles in living organisms.
- 11. is a fundamental feature of all known life.
- 14. the production of complex molecules within living organisms or cells.
- 16. the process of eliminating or expelling waste matter.
- 17. the breakdown of complex molecules in living organisms to form simpler ones, together with the release of energy.
- 18. a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.