Biology

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Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient of the action (7)
  2. 6. The strength of a solution (13)
  3. 8. Having the same or equal osmotic pressure (8)
  4. 10. The process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of (9)
  5. 11. Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle (7)
  6. 12. An exchange of molecules across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell (9)
  7. 16. Lacking normal tone or tension (9)

Down

  1. 2. A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances (8)
  2. 3. A person who carries a message (9)
  3. 4. The metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules (11)
  4. 5. A stable situation in which forces cancel one another (11)
  5. 7. A graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension (8)
  6. 9. Plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances (9)
  7. 13. Diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to (7)
  8. 14. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group (6)
  9. 15. Chemical agent capable of ___ (6)