The 7 Vital Functions Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 3. What do we call a bacterium which feeds on dead and decaying matter?
  2. 5. Humans and most animals move arms and legs using _________________ and nerves.
  3. 7. Plants feed through this process.
  4. 9. This involves taking in food and using it to build body structures.
  5. 11. A harmful by-product of metabolism in animals
  6. 12. Leaves of green plants change position according to _________________ direction.
  7. 14. Sweat and urine are _________________ from the body.
  8. 15. vital functions A dog has these whilst a robot dog does not (3 words).
  9. 16. The characteristic of living things which is most important in a person panting after a race.
  10. 17. The tallest man living is Sultan Kösen who measured 251 cm in Ankara, Turkey, on 8th February 2011 according to the Guiness World Records. This is an example of excessive _________________.
Down
  1. 1. The form of reproduction of a bacterium splitting into two.
  2. 2. Every living thing has these.
  3. 4. The elephant seal feeds by _________________ nutrition.
  4. 6. The fusion of a sperm and an egg.
  5. 8. Mammals such as humans and dogs can be infected with disease by the Leishmania organism through the bites of female sandflies. How can we describe the Leishmania organism through this information?
  6. 10. _________________ and sensitivity are the vital functions which are most important in a bean plant climbing up a bamboo cane.
  7. 13. Matthew eats the chips which mother made for him. He tastes the chips as too salty. Which characteristic of living things is most important in this example?
  8. 14. Living things require food mainly for _________________, growth and repair of body structures.
  9. 16. These detect stimuli