Unit 1 Vocabulary The Basic Unit of Life

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Across
  1. 3. A group of different tissues that work together.
  2. 6. Molecules that make up proteins.
  3. 10. A group of atoms together, such as carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen to make sugar.
  4. 12. A sugar or starch, which living things use for energy.
  5. 13. An instrument used to magnify things.
  6. 17. A chemical found in foods that is needed by living things in small amounts, such as zinc and iron.
  7. 22. The basic unit of matter.
  8. 23. Packages and distributes proteins outside the cell.
  9. 24. High-energy molecules that store energy in a form the cells can easily use.
  10. 26. The changes that occur as a living thing grows.
  11. 29. Information and control center of the cell.
  12. 30. A protein builder of the cell.
  13. 32. The process by which living things get rid of wastes.
  14. 34. The process by which living things release energy from food.
  15. 35. A mixture in which the particles are evenly mixed.
  16. 36. Stores substances such as food, water, and waste products.
Down
  1. 1. The process by which living things produce offspring.
  2. 2. An organelle that uses oxygen to break down food and release energy in chemical bonds (plural is mitochondria).
  3. 4. The simplest single cells that carry out all basic life activities.
  4. 5. A tiny structure inside a cell.
  5. 7. A thin layer that surrounds and holds a cell together.
  6. 8. The process by which living things break down food.
  7. 9. A molecule that works with DNA to make proteins.
  8. 11. Organelle that breaks down substances, acting like the cell's janitor.
  9. 12. The outer part of a plant cell that provides structure to the cell.
  10. 14. Captures the light energy from the Sun to make food.
  11. 15. A system of tubes that process and transport proteins within the cell.
  12. 16. An instrument that uses a beam of tiny particles called electrons to magnify things.
  13. 18. Any chemical found in foods that is needed by living things.
  14. 19. A chemical found in foods that is needed by living things in small amounts, such as A and B12.
  15. 20. The ability of organisms to maintain their internal conditions, such as temperature.
  16. 21. A gel-like substance containing chemicals needed by the cell.
  17. 25. The basic unit of life.
  18. 27. A chemical used by living things to build and repair body parts and regulate body activities.
  19. 28. The chemical inside cells that store information about an organism.
  20. 31. A chemical that stores large amounts of energy, the most of any nutrient.
  21. 33. Groups of cells that are similar and work together.