STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS OF LIVING ORGANISMS

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Across
  1. 2. An outbreak of disease that affects a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population: typhoid
  2. 4. Removing pollution from soil and water
  3. 9. Basic science that explores microscopic organisms including viruses, bacteria, protozoa, parasites, and some fungi and algae
  4. 10. An outbreak of disease that spreads through human populations across a large region, continent or even worldwide: smallpox, tuberculosis
  5. 11. The development of human __________ for the treatment of diabetes is one use of biotechnology
  6. 12. Medication for treating bacterial infections
  7. 13. Can be passed from one generation to another
  8. 15. Mechanism that spreads disease without getting itself sick: rat, tick, mosquito
Down
  1. 1. Controversial new area of biotechnology involving direct manipulation of an organism's genome
  2. 3. Very small organisms, usually consisting of one cell; found everywhere; tend to multiply very rapidly
  3. 5. Medicine, agriculture, genetics, and food science are all _______________ in biotechnology
  4. 6. Controversial new area of biotechnology that involves the process of producing similar populations of genetically identical individuals
  5. 7. Helps to prevent infection caused by a virus
  6. 8. Biotechnology helps to combat crime through ___________ testing
  7. 14. Biotechnology has raised many ___________ issues for an informed community to consider
  8. 15. Not considered to be alive; needs a host cell