Across
- 1. the combination of chemical reactions as it carries out its life process
- 5. the smallest unit that can be considered alive
- 9. a signal to which an organism responds
- 10. the process where a single cell divides and splits until it grows into a full grown organism
- 11. a sea animal who uses asexual reproduction
- 12. a molecule that carries genetic information
Down
- 2. cells from a single parent produce the first cell of the new organism
- 3. cells from two different parents unite to produce the first cell of the new organism
- 4. the relatively constant set of conditions
- 6. change over time
- 7. change shape/structure
- 8. the science that employs scientific methodology to study living things