Cells

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Living thing that grows in soil and makes its own food (5)
  2. 7. Tiny single-celled living things, some of which cause illness (8)
  3. 9. A thin ___ enclosing the cytoplasm of a ___ (12)
  4. 11. A tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell (7)
  5. 12. A rigid layer of polysaccharides enclosing the membrane of plant and prokaryotic ___ (8)

Down

  1. 1. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement (6)
  2. 2. A government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function (5)
  3. 4. The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus (9)
  4. 5. A specialized part of a cell (9)
  5. 6. Part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function (6)
  6. 8. Plastid containing ___ and other pigments (11)
  7. 10. Center of an atom or a cell (7)
  8. 12. Tiniest unit of living things (4)