Biology 1

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle (7)
  2. 7. A substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion (8)
  3. 9. A specialized part of a cell (9)
  4. 11. How plants make food from sunlight (14)
  5. 12. The metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules (11)
  6. 14. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and ___ (5)
  7. 15. Center of an atom or a cell (7)
  8. 16. Cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes (7)

Down

  1. 1. The process of generating offspring (12)
  2. 2. Study of the general principles of scientific classification (8)
  3. 3. The marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals (10)
  4. 5. Of or relating to or characterized by ___ (8)
  5. 6. The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus (9)
  6. 8. Occurring or formed with the liberation of heat (10)
  7. 10. An organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (8)
  8. 13. Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity (7)