Science (2)

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (6)
  2. 10. Any event that changes genetic structure (8)
  3. 14. The organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA (13)
  4. 15. The biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next (8)
  5. 16. A curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle (5)

Down

  1. 1. A specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies (5)
  2. 2. A long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like (3)
  3. 3. A person who carries a message (9)
  4. 5. United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (8)
  5. 6. A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base (6)
  6. 7. A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (5)
  7. 8. Bottom part something stands on; a safe spot in baseball (4)
  8. 9. Carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little ___ acid (9)
  9. 11. A common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas (8)
  10. 12. The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms (8)
  11. 13. A long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell (3)