Health Vocabulary

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated (7)
  2. 3. Any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism (plural) (8)
  3. 7. Greasy substance in food and body tissue (3)
  4. 8. The act of ___ something (10)
  5. 9. An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals (12)
  6. 11. Part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function (6)
  7. 12. The food and drink a person usually has (4)
  8. 13. Any of several elongated, threadlike cells (5)
  9. 15. Any substance that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis (plural) (9)
  10. 16. The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity (6)

Down

  1. 1. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (7)
  2. 4. Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition (plural) (8)
  3. 5. The spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to (11)
  4. 6. To bring into ___ or equilibrium (8)
  5. 10. The entire physical structure of an organism (4)
  6. 14. Any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties (6)