Chemistry of Life

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through (plural) (6)
  2. 4. That which has mass and occupies space (6)
  3. 6. Relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith (7)
  4. 9. The simplest structural unit of an element or compound (plural) (9)
  5. 11. Relating or belonging to the class of compounds not having a carbon basis (9)
  6. 12. An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals (plural) (13)
  7. 13. An oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents (plural) (6)
  8. 14. To make or cause to be or to become (7)
  9. 16. A rule made by the government (3)

Down

  1. 2. A fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter (7)
  2. 3. The difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts (9)
  3. 5. Organic compounds containing an ___ group and a carboxylic ___ group (plural) (10)
  4. 7. Any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific (plural) (7)
  5. 8. An abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous ___ (6)
  6. 10. The ___ that is acted upon by an enzyme or ferment (9)
  7. 15. A long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like (3)