Unit 5: Heredity & Cell Division

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Across
  1. 4. a section of DNA that determines your traits
  2. 5. process that creates an offspring
  3. 7. organelle only found in plant cells - where photosynthesis occurs
  4. 11. the organ where air travels from your mouth to your lungs
  5. 12. the organ that pumps blood around your body
  6. 13. the study of traits passing down from parent to offspring
  7. 15. the organ where you have a small & a large one
  8. 19. body system that takes in food, breaks it down, & absorbs nutrients
  9. 20. the largest organ of your body
  10. 21. a jelly-like substance that holds the organelles
  11. 25. body system that transports nutrients, sugars, & oxygen through the body
  12. 28. body system that provides structure & protection to organs
  13. 31. the smallest unit of MATTER (everything)
  14. 32. gas your body breathes out
  15. 36. the study of living things
  16. 38. the organ where food travels from your mouth to your stomach
  17. 40. the "brain" of the cell
  18. 41. the "gate"; it monitors what goes in & out of the cell
  19. 42. where waste is kept in the excretory system1
  20. 43. the basic unit of life
  21. 44. the product of reproduction
Down
  1. 1. the study of genes
  2. 2. can be controlled voluntarily or involuntarily
  3. 3. body system that breathes in oxygen & breathes out carbon dioxide
  4. 6. square shaped cells are _____ cells
  5. 8. gas your body breathes in
  6. 9. connects your senses to your spinal cord & brain
  7. 10. any living thing is called
  8. 14. organ where air goes when you breathe it in
  9. 16. another name for your physical characteristics
  10. 17. system of interacting life
  11. 18. body system that controls muscle movement
  12. 20. the class where you learn about the world around you & living/non-living things
  13. 21. strands of DNA within the nucleus - you have 46 of these
  14. 22. the different parts of the body systems
  15. 23. is the fluid that transports material around your body
  16. 24. plants have a cell ____ for extra structure
  17. 26. this organ is the control center of your whole body
  18. 27. body system that gathers information about your environment & relays this information to your sensory organs
  19. 29. circular shaped cells are _____ cells
  20. 30. body system that removes waste
  21. 33. makes up majority of the skeletal system
  22. 34. genetic code that you receive from your biological parents
  23. 35. the "power-house" of the cell; where energy is created
  24. 37. the tiny structures that preforms functions for the cell
  25. 39. body system that protects & fights disease/infection