Genetics

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Across
  1. 1. the basic "building block" of life
  2. 3. not good
  3. 4. an organism eats organic matter and breathes oxygen
  4. 8. the "child" of an orgaism
  5. 10. a list of steps and ingredients for cooking food
  6. 15. a female parent
  7. 16. a long thin strand of material (such as DNA)
  8. 17. a male parent
  9. 18. a section of DNA that has instructions about a trait
  10. 19. a long "chain" of proteins: a blueprint for life
  11. 20. how traits are determined and passed on to organisms
  12. 21. the center of a cell
  13. 23. an organism with XY organisms
Down
  1. 1. an "X" or "Y" shaped bundle of DNA and protiens
  2. 2. the most bad
  3. 3. a detailed, written plan for building a house
  4. 5. living things that can reproduce
  5. 6. the #1 ultimate
  6. 7. an organism with XX chromosomes
  7. 9. not bad
  8. 11. more bad
  9. 12. one or more "sheets" covering the surface
  10. 13. more good
  11. 14. the scientific word for "living thing"
  12. 22. an organism that gets "food" from sunlight, water & CO2