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