Biology Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. I'm like a demolition crew, putting in energy to break down a large building into smaller pieces
  2. 8. I'm so unique because I can form a tetrahedral structure, as well as form a variety of other structures like rings and chains. What am I?
  3. 10. I'm like a zombie, neither alive nor dead. I infect you, to turn your own body parts into a clone of myself. What am I?
  4. 11. I'm the phase of the cell cycle where chromosomes condense and the nuclear envelope dissolves. What am I?
  5. 14. I'm like the factory which produces proteins.
  6. 15. I'm the molecular scissors that cut DNA, helping researchers have fun with genetic play. What am I?
  7. 17. I'm like a manuscript that continues to get passed down each generation, providing information, and each generation new information is added and some does not pass down.
  8. 18. I'm the enzyme that adds complementary RNA nucleotides during transcription, like a molecular scribe. What am I?
  9. 20. I'm the organelle responsible for degrading cellular waste and recycling biomolecules, like a cellular custodian/janitor.
  10. 22. I'm the process by which DNA results in two identical DNA molecules.
  11. 23. I'm the theory that explains how I used to be an independent small business owner, but now I work for a corporation, except the corporation is a eukaryotic cell.
  12. 25. I'm a bird and when I eat _____ I get too heavy to fly so I convert it to fat.
  13. 26. I may lead to genetic disorders, genes rearranged in a dance.
  14. 28. I'm the phase of the cell cycle that photocopy's DNA
  15. 29. I'm the type of genetic mutation where a segment of a chromosome is lost during cell division. What am I?
  16. 30. I'm like a matchmaker for substrates, I create an ideal environment to help quicken the process by lowering the activation energy it takes to get to know each other. What am I?
Down
  1. 1. I may lead to genetic disorders, an extra piece in the sequence, a repeat.
  2. 2. I'm the cellular process where a eukaryotic cell engulfs large particles or cells. What am I?
  3. 3. I'm the process by which mRNA is synthesized from a DNA template.
  4. 4. I'm the type of cellular transport where substances move against their concentration gradient. What am I?
  5. 6. I'm the enzyme that synthesizes RNA primers during DNA replication, laying the groundwork for DNA polymerase to commence. What am I?
  6. 7. I'm the cellular structure responsible for sorting and modifying proteins for secretion, like a molecular post office with parcels in transition. What am I?
  7. 9. I'm the cellular structure that contains hydrolytic enzymes for breaking down cellular waste. What am I?
  8. 12. Sometimes the body needs a lot of energy, and sometimes it needs very little energy, when the body needs a burst of energy I'm here to help make ATP.
  9. 13. I strengthen cell walls.
  10. 16. Your dog kept eating the first few or last few pages of your assignment, so you decided to add blank pages on either side, except your assignment is a chromosome, what are the blank pages?
  11. 19. I'm like a keyboard, but one of the keys has been substituted causing the wrong note. What am I?
  12. 21. I cause a shift in the reading frame.
  13. 24. I'm the enzyme that joins a type of fragments starting with an O, during DNA replication. What am I?
  14. 27. I'm like the third wheel who keeps binding to the couple, causing a buzz kill and decreasing the couple's activity, except the couple is the substrate. What am I?