Life Functions

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation (9)
  2. 6. The act of consuming food (6)
  3. 8. The production of crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state (7)
  4. 9. To change location (6)
  5. 11. The metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules (11)
  6. 12. The organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body (9)

Down

  1. 1. A process in which one or more substances are changed into others (8)
  2. 2. A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (11)
  3. 4. Movement through a ___ (11)
  4. 5. The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (9)
  5. 7. The bodily process of discharging waste matter (9)
  6. 10. The process of an individual organism growing organically (6)