Across
- 7. Macromolecule responsible for various cell activities such as structure speeding up chemical reactions and forming of antibodies
- 11. study of ecosystems
- 12. process used to give an exact age to fossils by calculating the number of half-lives passed
- 14. Organelle responsible for transporting ribosomes around the cell
- 17. process by which organisms change over time
- 18. Specialized protein used to speed up chemical reactions
- 19. Main macromolecule the body uses for quick energy
- 21. Level of classification with the most organisms in it
- 24. Scientist who discovered evolution was caused by natural selection
- 25. testable prediction of what is expected from a scientific experiment
- 26. Group of organisms that are capable of mating and having fertile offspring
- 30. Tool used to predict the genetic outcome of offspring
- 33. the organelle responsible for making ATP energy
- 34. Part of a DNA molecule that codes for one specific trait
- 35. site of photosynthesis in cell
- 36. Cell division that results in two identical cells that are diploid
- 37. Cell division that results in four unique cells that are haploid
- 39. Internal balance regulated by the body
- 40. process of water crossing in/out of a cell
Down
- 1. Organelle which houses DNA and the nucleolus
- 2. term used to describe cells without a nucleus and other membrane bound organelles
- 3. when a hybrid organism shows a blending of two dominant phenotypes
- 4. variation of a gene
- 5. when a genotype has two different alleles
- 6. When a molecule has two different charged regions
- 8. element known as the "glue" of life
- 9. semipermeable barrier that surrounds all cells
- 10. "job" of an organism in its' ecosystem
- 13. The false idea that living things could appear from nothing
- 15. Scientist who established the basic principles of genetics
- 16. Organelle found in plant fungi and prokaryotic cells that forms a rigid border
- 20. molecule responsible for storing genetic materials in organisms
- 22. groups of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
- 23. process in protein synthesis where DNA's code is copied onto an RNA molecule
- 27. any organism or virus that when spread causes disease
- 28. nucleic acid that contains the nitrogen base uracil
- 29. enzyme that "unzips" the original DNA molecule during DNA Replication
- 31. Molecule with many special properties needed by organisms to survive
- 32. symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed
- 38. Group of three nucleotides on an mRNA molecule