Across
- 3. a job or task
- 5. the basic unit of structure and function in living things
- 6. how something is made up
- 11. sequence of events in which the cell grows, prepares for division and forms two new daughter cells
- 12. a widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things
- 13. a tiny cell structure that carries out a specific function within the cell
- 15. keep something in an existing state
- 16. fills the region between the cell membrane and the nucleus, made mostly of water and some salt
- 17. process by which molecules move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration
- 18. making an image larger
- 19. allowing large particles to leave a cell
- 22. means some substances can cross the membrane, while others cannot
Down
- 1. cell making a copy of its DNA
- 2. a sac-like storage organelle
- 4. large oval organelle that contains the cell's genetic material
- 5. an organelle in the cell of plants that captures energy from the sun
- 7. making an image clearer
- 8. a thin, flexible barrier that surrounds a cell and controls which substances pass into and out of a cell
- 9. an instrument that makes small objects look larger
- 10. rigid supporting layer that surrounds the cells of plants and some other organisms
- 14. to point out the difference
- 19. when something is taken in the cell membrane by changing shape and engulfing the large particle
- 20. diffusion of water molecules across a selectively permeable membrane
- 21. converts energy stored in food to energy the cell can use