Dna

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. An individual living thing. (8)
  2. 6. A purine base found in DNA and RNA (7)
  3. 7. Carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little ___ acid (9)
  4. 9. A base found in DNA and derived from pyrimidine (7)
  5. 11. The organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA (13)
  6. 12. The act of moving something from one location to another (8)
  7. 13. A series of things depending on each other as if linked together (5)
  8. 14. The manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts (9)
  9. 15. A base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine (8)
  10. 16. Any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific (plural) (7)

Down

  1. 1. Organic compounds containing an ___ group and a carboxylic ___ group (plural) (10)
  2. 2. A person who carries a message (9)
  3. 3. A specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies (5)
  4. 5. Any event that changes genetic structure (8)
  5. 8. The process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division (11)
  6. 10. A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication (11)