Cell's Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. The parts of a cell. They process and release energy, destroy and digest materials, and replicate genetic information.
  2. 7. Temporary storage bubbles for the cell, storing food, water, or waste.
  3. 10. Cells found in animals.
  4. 11. The basic structural and functional unit of all forms of life; they are able to replicate independently.
  5. 13. All organisms are made of cells, The cell is the basic building block of life, Every cell comes from another existing cell.
  6. 16. The cell’s “control center”, housing the cell’s chromosomes.
  7. 17. This transport requires energy to move a substance into and out of a cell.
Down
  1. 1. Cells found in plants (with a cell wall, chloroplasts, and a large, central vacuole for storage that takes up a lot of space).
  2. 2. Large molecules made from stringing amino acids together.
  3. 3. Very simple, single-celled bacteria that do not have a membrane-bound nucleus, mitochondria, or organelles.
  4. 5. Organism that is composed of many cells, and many different types of cells that perform different tasks throughout the organism.
  5. 6. The chemical reaction a plant carries out in order to produce energy from sunlight.
  6. 8. Plants, algae, fungi and some bacteria have an extra computer layer that is very rigid and tough, that helps protect the cell and give it shape
  7. 9. In plant cells only, they are organelles that produce food.
  8. 12. Much more complex types of cells
  9. 14. The movement of things in and out of the cell without the use of energy.
  10. 15. Jelly-like substance in the cell containing all the organelles in the cell. It helps to maintain the structure of the cell