All About Cells

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue (3)
  2. 7. A long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like (3)
  3. 10. A thin ___ enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell (14)
  4. 11. The process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of (9)

Down

  1. 1. An organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (plural) (9)
  2. 2. The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus (9)
  3. 3. The diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (6)
  4. 5. Lacking normal tone or tension (9)
  5. 6. One of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells (plural) (10)
  6. 8. Center of an atom or a cell (7)
  7. 9. A netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (9)