Across
- 4. A living organism or element of biological origin
- 5. Break down sugar molecules into simple compounds to produce substances that can be used to make chemical energy
- 10. A group of organisms that obtain their energy by consuming other organisms
- 11. The amount of something that a person or thing produces
- 13. End substance after a biological process has occurred
- 18. Physical trait of characteristic of an organism that comes from the interaction of the organism
- 19. An organic molecule that includes carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids
- 21. An organelle within the cells of plants and certain algae that is the site of photosynthesis
- 22. Atoms or small molecules that bound together to form more complex structure,such as polymers
- 24. One of two or more alternative forms of a gene that occupy the same position.
- 25. The substance that participates in a chemical reaction
- 27. A substance that increases the rate
Down
- 1. An arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system organized
- 2. The often predictable action of the body parts, tissues, and organs within an organism
- 3. Trait The inheritance of traits that are typically passed vertically from parent to child
- 6. A state of balance among all the body systems needed for the body to survive and function correctly
- 7. an organism's complete set of genes or genetic makeup
- 8. A pigment present in all green plants and few other oragnism
- 9. A chemical process in which oxygen is used to make energy from carbohydrates (sugar)
- 12. Any of a class of natural or synthetic substances, compounds of very large molecules called macromolecules
- 14. An organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, and other organisms
- 15. The unfolding or breaking up protein, modifying its stable three-dimensional structure
- 16. Traits One that only expresses when an organism has two recessive alleles for that trait
- 17. Special compartments (organelles) in our cells that are best known for their roles as the powerhouse
- 20. without oxygen
- 23. A Nucleic Acid that plays a crucial role in cells by carrying genetic information.
- 26. A molecule that carries the genetic instructions for all known living organisms