Across
- 3. – trait that helps survival
- 6. – single-celled organisms found almost everywhere
- 11. – process that releases energy from food
- 12. – organisms like mushrooms that break things down
- 14. – all living things sharing an area
- 17. – tightly packed DNA bundle
- 18. – speeds up body reactions
- 22. – carries instructions passed down in families
- 24. – jelly-like space where cell parts float
- 26. – energy “power station” of the cell
- 28. – same type of organism in one place
- 30. – helps carry out DNA’s instructions
- 33. – slow change in living things over time
- 34. – living thing that must eat to survive
- 35. – plant process using sunlight for food
- 37. – living things and environment together
- 38. – water organism that can make its own food
- 39. – living thing that makes its own food from sunlight
Down
- 1. – natural home of an organism
- 2. – organism that makes its own food
- 4. – passing traits from parents
- 5. – gatekeeper of the cell
- 7. – organism that eats others for energy
- 8. – makes proteins for the cell
- 9. – body part that does a special job
- 10. – group of similar cells working together
- 13. – body “worker” used for structure and repair
- 14. – stiff outer layer that gives support
- 15. – feature you can inherit or show
- 16. – breaks down dead material
- 19. – control center of the cell
- 20. – water moving through a cell barrier
- 21. – long-term energy storage in organisms
- 23. – tiny invader that needs a host to survive
- 25. – tiny piece everything is made of
- 27. – where sunlight is turned into food
- 29. – organs working together for one big task
- 31. – quick energy source for cells
- 32. – the long “code book” inside living things
- 36. – the tiniest “building block” of living things