features and characteristics of life

123456789101112131415161718
Across
  1. 1. the study of life
  2. 6. process by which materials enter and exit a cell
  3. 7. getting rid of undigested food
  4. 8. the breakdown of food into smaller simpler forms
  5. 10. removal of metabolic waste
  6. 12. combining simple substances to make complex substances
  7. 13. condition of maintaining a constant internal environment
  8. 14. reproduction with one parent
  9. 15. involves chemical relations/activities carried on in an organism
  10. 18. producing new offspring
Down
  1. 2. something with every characteristic of life capable of living on its own
  2. 3. chemical substances in food
  3. 4. how an organism takes materials from the environment and converts them to something it can use
  4. 5. process of releasing chemical energy from complex reactions
  5. 9. reproduction with 2 parents
  6. 11. activities that help maintain homeostasis
  7. 16. increase in size of an organism
  8. 17. the taking in of food