What is life?

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Across
  1. 1. a maggot turns into flies through this process
  2. 6. the smallest unit of life in creation
  3. 8. outer covering of the cell
  4. 9. our first criterion states that all life contains this
  5. 10. term used to describe offspring that are born able to hear, see, move about, regulate body temperature and eliminate waste without parents help
  6. 13. is linked to thymine in the DNA molecule
  7. 14. process by which green plants and other organisms use energy of sunlight and simple chemicals to make their own food
  8. 15. the smallest chemical unit of matter
  9. 17. baby flies
  10. 18. is only linked to guanine in the DNA molecule
Down
  1. 2. two or more atoms linked together to make a substance with unique properties
  2. 3. leaves produce food in the form of this chemical
  3. 4. sum total of all processes in an organism that convert energy and matter from outside sources and uses it to sustain organism's life functions
  4. 5. used to describe offspring that are born without at least one of the following abilities, see, hear, move about, regulate body temperature or eliminate waste
  5. 7. suspended in the cytoplasm with individual task to keep the cell alive
  6. 9. the shape of a DNA molecule
  7. 11. special structures that allow living organisms to sense the conditions of their internal or external environment
  8. 12. jelly like substance that fills the cell
  9. 16. chemical we use as a food source, contains energy and is converted to energy