Across
- 3. – Single-celled organisms without a nucleus
- 7. infection – When a virus infects and reproduces inside bacteria
- 8. – Protists that make their own food using sunlight
- 10. – An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals
- 13. – A protist that moves by extending parts of its cell (pseudopods)
- 14. – Genetic material found in most living organisms
- 15. – A type of bacteria with a round shape
- 17. – Living things that get nutrients by absorbing them from their environment
- 19. infection – A viral cycle where the host cell is destroyed
Down
- 1. – A protist that moves using tiny hair-like structures
- 2. – Thin, thread-like strands that make up fungi
- 4. – A cell that can grow into a new organism
- 5. – Genetic material that is different from DNA and used by some viruses
- 6. – A group of simple prokaryotic organisms found almost everywhere
- 8. – Prokaryotes that often live in extreme environments
- 9. – The process of making more organisms of the same kind
- 11. – A eukaryotic living thing that isn’t a plant, animal, or fungus
- 12. infection – A viral cycle where the virus stays inside the host without killing it right away
- 16. – Small hair-like parts that help cells move
- 18. – A web-like mass formed by hyphae
