Across
- 4. The act in which oxygen is used to turn into energy.
- 9. The molecule that carries the genetic blueprint of living organisms.
- 10. When an organism creates their own energy.
- 11. One original copy and one new copy.
- 13. Translate the genetic information from DNA into proteins.
- 14. The process that DNA uses to make a copy of itself.
- 15. Building blocks that can bond together.
- 16. The power house of the cell.
- 18. When an organism needs oxygen for survival.
- 20. A large molecule made up from building blocks.
- 25. An organism that can make its own food.
- 27. A substance that speeds up a chemical process.
- 28. What is needed so an organism can function.
- 30. When an organism consumes other organisms for energy.
- 31. What you receive when a chemical reaction is complete.
Down
- 1. When an organism does not need oxygen for survival.
- 2. A substance that is involved in any chemical reaction.
- 3. Weak attractions between the nitrogen bases of the DNA strand.
- 5. What makes up any organism.
- 6. Understanding how genetic information flows within a cell.
- 7. What an organism is supposed to do.
- 8. Specific sequences of DNA that code for proteins.
- 12. The act in which something other than oxygen is used to turn into energy.
- 17. An organelle that is found in plants that causes photosynthesis.
- 19. The process in which bacteria/yeast breaks down sugar molecules when no oxygen is around.
- 21. The organization and arrangement of parts to form a whole.
- 22. Breaking down proteins.
- 23. What is received after an organism has done its function.
- 24. The pigment that makes plants and some organisms look green.
- 26. The act of which the body stays the same.
- 29. Structures within the cell nucleus that contains DNA.
