Biology Word Search

4. "An instrument used to see very small objects, like cells and bacteria."
5. A living thing that makes its own food using sunlight.
6. The ability to do work; living things need this to survive.
9. Any individual living thing.
11. The preserved remains or traces of a past organism.
12. Making an exact genetic copy of an organism.
15. The condition that distinguishes living things from dead matter or non-living things.
16. A structure found in the nucleus that carries genetic information (DNA).
17. A living thing that moves and eats other organisms.
19. A non-living particle that can only reproduce by infecting a host cell.

1. "Large molecules needed for the structure, function, and regulation of the body's tissues and organs."
2. "The control center of a cell, containing the DNA."
3. The process by which species change over long periods of time.
7. The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment.
8. The process of getting bigger and more complex over time.
10. The basic building block of all living things.
11. like mushrooms, molds, and yeasts; they are not plants or animals."
13. A segment of DNA that controls a specific trait.
14. "Tiny, single-celled organisms, some of which can cause disease, but many are helpful."
18. scientist who studies living things.