WSCS 8th grade Anatomy 2

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Across
  1. 2. as Emerson put it - the 'muscle of the lungs'
  2. 4. microscopic plants that are the basis of the food chain in the ocean
  3. 7. the smaller branches of the air tubes in the lungs
  4. 10. the movement of a fixed amount of carbon through the earth's ecosystem
  5. 12. the air tube in our body
  6. 13. energy + water + Carbon Dioxide---> oxygen + water + sugar(glucose)
  7. 17. the greenhouse gas we are most concerned about in the news
  8. 18. sacs on each side of the heart that fill with air as we breathe
  9. 19. another name for our vocal cords
  10. 20. clusters of tiny air sacs surrounded by capillaries- where blood comes in contact with air
Down
  1. 1. root words mean carbon and water; made up of glucose
  2. 3. the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels
  3. 5. cells that look like flattened disks that contain hemoglobin
  4. 6. the organ that prevents food and liquids form entering the trachea
  5. 8. tiny hairs the line the sinuses and tubes of the respiratory system and help clean it and move mucous out
  6. 9. crude oil and natural gas that formed over thousands of years from tons of plant material under the earth
  7. 11. the function of life involving the exchange of gasses
  8. 14. cavities in the skull that receive air through the nose- cleaning,warming and moisturizing it.
  9. 15. the two tubes that branch off of the trachea joining it to the lungs
  10. 16. yellowish fluid that carry the other cells in blood