Across
- 3. Segment of DNA that codes for a specific trait or protein.
- 4. Element that cycles through the atmosphere, organisms, oceans, and soil in ecosystems.
- 6. Process by which plants convert light energy into chemical energy to produce glucose.
- 7. Maintenance of stable internal conditions within an organism.
- 8. Organism that lives on or in another organism and harms the host.
- 13. Organism that makes its own food using sunlight or chemical energy.
- 14. Process in which DNA is used to make mRNA during protein synthesis.
- 15. Protein that speeds up chemical reactions in living cells.
Down
- 1. Total mass of living organisms at a trophic level in an ecosystem.
- 2. Different version of the same gene.
- 3. Simple sugar produced during photosynthesis and used as cellular energy.
- 5. Process by which cells release energy from glucose.
- 9. Trait that increases an organism’s chance of survival and reproduction in its environment.
- 10. Community of organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment.
- 11. Change in the DNA sequence that may create genetic variation.
- 12. Functional unit of the kidney that filters blood and forms urine.