Across
- 6. Thin, flexible layer controlling what enters and leaves the cell
- 7. Carbohydrate that makes up plant cell walls; provides structural support
- 9. The green pigment in chloroplasts that absorbs light energy
- 10. Any living thing that carries out all life processes
- 12. An organelle where aerobic respiration occurs; produces ATP energy
- 15. Ability to detect and respond to changes in the environment
- 16. Process of releasing energy from food inside cells
- 17. An organelle in plant cells where photosynthesis takes place
- 19. All living organisms can move part or all of their body
- 20. The basic unit of life; smallest unit that can carry out life processes
- 21. Permanent increase in size and dry mass
- 22. Controls cell activities; contains genetic information (DNA)
Down
- 1. Production of offspring to continue the species
- 2. The red pigment in red blood cells that carries oxygen
- 3. A structure made of different types of tissues working together to perform specific function
- 4. Rigid outer layer made of cellulose in plant cell or made of peptidoglycan in bacterial cell or made of chitin in fungal cell
- 5. An organelle where protein synthesis takes place
- 8. Removal of waste products of metabolism from the body
- 11. Taking in of materials for energy, growth and development
- 13. Jelly-like fluid where most chemical reactions occur
- 14. A group of similar cells working together to carry out a specific function
- 18. A Large fluid-filled sac in plant cells and helps to maintain cell shape