Office Germs

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts (5)
  2. 5. A minute life form (plural) (8)
  3. 8. A place where work is done (9)
  4. 9. The act of making something ___ (8)
  5. 11. Tiny single-celled living things, some of which cause illness (8)
  6. 13. To shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage (7)

Down

  1. 2. Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism (7)
  2. 3. The area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear (7)
  3. 4. The outermost level of the land or sea (7)
  4. 6. The invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead (9)
  5. 7. A condition promoting sanitary practices (7)
  6. 10. How well your body and mind are doing (6)
  7. 11. General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate (3)
  8. 12. A small apparently simple structure from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism (plural) (5)