The Natural Selection Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. the seventh planet from the sun.
  2. 6. to preserve from decay, originally with spices and now usually by arterial injection of a preservative.
  3. 8. a primary alcohol consisting of three carbons.
  4. 12. a substance or mixture for use in chemical analysis or other reactions.
  5. 15. the part of the brain at the back of the skull, which coordinates and regulates muscular activity.
  6. 16. the type of reaction of a halogen to an alkene.
  7. 17. an optical instrument used for viewing very small objects, such as mineral samples or animal samples.
  8. 18. a scientific instrument that is used to measure air pressure in a certain environment.
  9. 19. a slender tube attached to or incorporating a bulb, for transferring or measuring out small quantities of liquid, especially in a laboratory.
  10. 20. a type of local ventilation device that is designed to limit exposure to hazardous or toxic chemicals.
  11. 21. the dismembering of the body of a deceased animal or plant to study its anatomical structure.
Down
  1. 1. the essential oil found in cinnamon.
  2. 2. a single open gas flame that is used as a heat source in the laboratory.
  3. 3. a person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artefacts.
  4. 5. an antibiotic or group of antibiotics produced naturally by certain blue moulds, now usually prepared synthetically.
  5. 7. the medium used to culture bacterium in petri dishes.
  6. 9. the annual conference for laboratory technicians in Victoria.
  7. 10. a single-cell organism that is used to make bread.
  8. 11. a special type of funnel used for gravimetric analysis.
  9. 13. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water.
  10. 14. a large dark mature mushroom noted for its meaty texture that is of the same variety of button mushroom.
  11. 16. used in pathology and forensic medicine to determine the cause of death in humans.