Microbes

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. An acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food (7)
  2. 5. An illness that harms the body (7)
  3. 7. A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease (8)
  4. 9. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease (9)
  5. 11. A custard-like food made from curdled milk (6)
  6. 13. Tiny single-celled living things, some of which cause illness (8)
  7. 14. A chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure (10)
  8. 15. Any organism of ___ size (plural) (14)
  9. 16. The taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools (5)

Down

  1. 1. Baked food made from flour, used for sandwiches (5)
  2. 2. Immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order (7)
  3. 3. Dairy food made from milk (6)
  4. 6. The abbreviation for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, an advanced stage of HIV infection. (4)
  5. 8. The condition in which an organism can resist disease (8)
  6. 10. A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances (12)
  7. 12. The metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules (11)