Vocaubulary Crossword Puzzle

3. a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism.
5. illnesses that spread from one person to another or from an animal to a person, or from a surface or a food
8. a type of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes or change in the number of chromosomes.
10. a type of reproduction that involves a complex life cycle in which a gamete with a single set of chromosomes combines with another gamete to produce a zygote that develops into an organism composed of cells with two sets of chromosomes.
11. the state of steady internal, physical, and chemical conditions maintained by living systems.
12. The process in which a parent cell splits into two daughter cells of approximately equal size.

1. an organism composed of many cells, which are to varying degrees integrated and independent.
2. A large group of single-cell microorganisms.
4. the immune system's way of protecting the body against an infectious disease.
6. the process of renewal, restoration, and tissue growth that makes genomes, cells, organisms, and ecosystems resilient to natural fluctuations or events that cause disturbance or damage.
7. a type of asexual reproduction in which a new organism develops from an outgrowth or bud due to cell division at one particular site.
9. the process of producing individual organisms with identical or virtually identical DNA, either by natural or artificial means.