Heroes of Science 1 | Page 10

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1. A molecule containing a very large number of atoms:____________________

2. Organic food molecules:_________________________________________

3. Molecules filled with long chains of amino acids:_______________________

4. Fatty acids like oils and waxes:____________________________________

5. A complex organic substance present in living cells:____________________

6. Head ‘boss’ of a cell, contains DNA:__________________________________

7. Process which plants make food:___________________________________

8. Organelle which photosynthesis takes place:__________________________

9. Process in which cells obtain energy through oxygen:____________________

10. Gas substance which organisms use to breathe:________________________

11. Process which cells divide and reproduce:____________________________

12. Phase in mitosis which chromosomes become visible:___________________

13. Phase in mitosis which chromosomes line up in cell:_____________________

14. Phase in mitosis which chromosomes pull apart:________________________

15. Phase in mitosis which two cells are produced:_________________________

16. Base genetic material:___________________________________________

17. Type of cell division, common in plant spores:__________________________

18. The study of heredity and inherited characteristics:______________________

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Vocabulary

Key: 1. Macromolecules, 2. Carbohydrates, 3. Proteins, 4. Lipids, 5. Nucleic acids, 6. Cell organelles, 7. Nucleus, 8. Photosynthesis, 9. Chloroplast, 10. Cellular respiration, 11. Oxygen, 12. Mitosis, 13. Prophase, 14. Metaphase, 15. Anaphase, 16. Telophase, 17. Meiosis, 18. Genetics

Word Search

Word Bank:

1. Photosynthesis

2. Cellular Respiration

3. Cell

4. Genetics

5. Genome

6. DNA

7. Mitosis

8. Meiosis

9. Mutations

10. Transformation

see p.5 for answers

instructions:

unscrambble the words and put them under the correct definition.