Food Biotechnology

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 6. An enzyme that occurs in gastric juice (6)
  2. 10. An authoritative rule (plural) (11)
  3. 12. An essential amino acid found in proteins (6)
  4. 13. The maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical (12)
  5. 14. A chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth (plural) (10)
  6. 15. A chemical substance obtained from plants that is biologically active but not nutritive (plural) (14)
  7. 16. A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment (plural) (10)

Down

  1. 1. Strong desire for something (6)
  2. 2. A technique of growing plants in water containing dissolved nutrients (11)
  3. 3. Single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll (9)
  4. 4. The branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific (13)
  5. 5. A chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure (plural) (11)
  6. 7. A flammable colorless gaseous alkene (8)
  7. 8. Undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as (9)
  8. 9. A person who uses goods or services (plural) (9)
  9. 11. A state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period (10)