Biochemistry

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Greasy substance in food and body tissue (plural) (4)
  2. 6. A nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic (8)
  3. 8. A fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter (7)
  4. 10. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)
  5. 12. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic (13)
  6. 13. An oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents (plural) (6)

Down

  1. 1. An abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous ___ (6)
  2. 3. Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle (7)
  3. 4. Gas in the air that we need to breathe (6)
  4. 5. An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals (12)
  5. 7. Relating or belonging to the class of compounds not having a carbon basis (9)
  6. 9. The property of sticking together or the joining of surfaces of different composition (8)
  7. 11. The process of producing a chemical compound (9)