Across
- 3. - organisms take materials from the environment to convert them into something it can use
- 5. - removal of an organism's metabolic wastes
- 6. - breakdown of food materials into simpler forms
- 11. - the taking in of food
- 12. - has all the characteristics of life
- 13. - involves one parent to produce offspring identical to the parents
- 14. - all the chemical reactions carried on in an organism
- 15. - combines simple substances to make them into more complex substances
- 17. - increase in the size of an organism
Down
- 1. reproduction - producing new offspring:can be identical or different from the parents
- 2. - they help to maintain homeostasis
- 4. - materials enter and leave cells/get moved around in the organism
- 7. - process of releasing chemical energy from complex reactions
- 8. - chemical substances in food that an organism needs
- 9. - the study of life
- 10. - condition of maintaining a constant internal environment
- 15. reproduction - two parents: offspring are not identical to the parent
- 16. - getting rid of undigested food from the body