CHRISTMAS BIOLOGY!

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Across
  1. 3. amylase breaks down starch into this
  2. 8. a festive jolly man!
  3. 9. a green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plant cells
  4. 10. band that wrote the song Last Christmas!
  5. 13. Santa rides in this
  6. 14. the process by which CO2 moves into a plant for photosynthesis and O2 moves out
  7. 15. artery that carries oxygenated blood from the heart
  8. 17. - use this solution to test for glucose
  9. 18. White and falls from the sky!
  10. 19. nutrient required for growth and repair
  11. 21. part of a cell that contains genetic information
  12. 22. transport the movement of molecules through a cell membrane against the concentration gradient
  13. 23. an animal also known as a caribou
  14. 25. the process by which plants make their own food!
  15. 27. How many Santas do you see in the room?
  16. 29. condition caused by a lack of vitamin D in the diet
  17. 31. typical at Christmas - they bang when you pull them and normally contain a hat
  18. 36. an eskimo's home
  19. 37. fats are composed of fatty acids and ______?
  20. 38. - These have a very specific shape.
  21. 39. a group of similar cells that work together to perform a shared function
  22. 40. santa comes down this!
  23. 42. carbohydrates are made up of oxygen, hydrogen and which other element?
  24. 47. the largest lizard in the world!
  25. 48. Hedgehogs love playing chess with these little shelled creatures!
  26. 49. - an organ of a plant
  27. 50. tiny airsac in the lungs
  28. 52. a flowering plant that has broad leaves and branches veins
  29. 54. - term to describe a cell that has taken up water, so that the cell contents are pressing outwards onto the cell wall
  30. 56. a famous monster lives here!
  31. 59. a classic Christmas film starring macaulay culkin
  32. 62. hangs above your fireplace at Christmas
  33. 65. - Rudolph loves eating this orange snack
  34. 66. a snow storm!
  35. 68. circular cake typical in Spain at Christmas!
  36. 69. these royal dudes bring presents on the 6th January
  37. 70. you put these on Christmas trees
  38. 72. DNA stands for this!
Down
  1. 1. It's snowing! Let's build a_________!
  2. 2. the largest animal to have ever lived on Earth!
  3. 4. group of arthropods that include spiders and scorpions
  4. 5. one of the raw materials of photosynthesis
  5. 6. use this to test for starch
  6. 7. if you have been good, you might get this on Christmas Day!
  7. 11. this little person helps Santa
  8. 12. found in a cell and makes protein
  9. 16. a traditional Scottish dance typical on New Years Eve!
  10. 20. a key used to identify species of organisms
  11. 24. on the twelve days of Christmas three of these are given!
  12. 26. part of the cell that controls what enters and exits
  13. 28. a dog foot!
  14. 30. - It's that time of year!
  15. 32. these ions are needed by plants to make chlorophyll
  16. 33. largest bone in your body
  17. 34. when a cell loses water and the cell membrane pulls away from the cell wall, it is known as what? (adjective)
  18. 35. plant cells have these but animal cells don't!
  19. 37. a length of DNA that codes for a protein
  20. 40. hair-like structures that push mucus up the trachea
  21. 41. the very deepest part of all the oceans on Earth
  22. 43. the base pairs of DNA (in alphabetical order!)
  23. 44. where Santa lives!
  24. 45. Canis Lupus is the binomial name for this mammal
  25. 46. the name of the cable cars in the picture!
  26. 51. gas needed for aerobic respiration
  27. 53. the sound a pig makes!
  28. 55. mineral ions needed to make protein
  29. 57. if the substrate is the key, the enzyme is the_____?
  30. 58. The movement of water through a cell membrane...
  31. 60. protective outer part of an arthropod
  32. 61. santa carries presents in this!
  33. 63. plants need this gas for photosynthesis
  34. 64. an element found in protein but not carbohydrates or fats
  35. 67. - group of invertebrates that include insects.
  36. 71. fishy mcfishface belongs to this family