Aarons Game

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A rigid layer of polysaccharides enclosing the membrane of plant and prokaryotic ___ (8)
  2. 2. A specialized part of a cell (9)
  3. 4. The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus (9)
  4. 6. An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals (plural) (13)
  5. 8. A small round body of protein in a cell ___ (9)
  6. 9. An organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell (8)
  7. 11. The process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of (9)
  8. 12. Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle (7)

Down

  1. 1. A thin ___ enclosing the cytoplasm of a ___ (12)
  2. 3. Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a ___ (11)
  3. 5. Any of various compounds composed of fatty acids and ___ acid and a nitrogenous base (12)
  4. 7. Center of an atom or a cell (7)
  5. 10. Diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to (7)