Biology Crossword Puzzle

3. A substance with the ability to dissolve other substances
4. a short string of 2 to 50 amino acids
6. Organic compounds composed mainly of carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen atoms
11. Complex organic molecules that store generic information in the cell
12. A group of organic compounds occurring in living tissues and foods in the form of starch, cellulose, and sugar.
15. Substance that speeds up a chemical reaction
16. A protein that is a biological catalyst
17. Water sticking to itself
18. Large carbon compounds are built up from smaller simpler molecules called

1. The minimum amount of extra energy required by a reacting molecule to get converted into a product
2. Example of a lipid
4. Monomers can bind to one another to form more complex molecules known as
5. Class of macromolecules that do not dissolve in water
6. quantitative measure of the acidity or basicity of aqueous or other liquid solutions
7. small molecules that are the building blocks of proteins
8. the basic building block of nucleic acids (RNA and DNA)
9. Example of a carb
10. Example of protein
13. Water sticking to other polar things
14. example of nucleic acid