Across
- 2. The natural environment where an organism lives
- 6. The basic unit of life
- 9. The process by which plants make food using sunlight
- 11. The part of the cell that controls its activities and contains DNA
- 12. The process by which species change over time
- 14. A protein that speeds up chemical reactions in the body
- 15. A living thing, such as a plant, animal, or microbe
Down
- 1. The powerhouse of the cell
- 3. A change in the genetic material of an organism
- 4. A trait that helps an organism survive in its environment
- 5. A molecule that helps build and repair body tissues
- 7. A community of living organisms and their environment
- 8. A unit of heredity found in DNA
- 10. A group of similar organisms that can reproduce together
- 13. The molecule that carries genetic information