Cells

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. To devote oneself to a ___ area of work (11)
  2. 5. A government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function (5)
  3. 7. A thin ___ enclosing the cytoplasm of a ___ (12)
  4. 8. The act of expanding something in apparent size (13)
  5. 11. Center of an atom or a cell (7)
  6. 12. A rigid layer of polysaccharides enclosing the membrane of plant and prokaryotic ___ (8)

Down

  1. 1. A tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell (7)
  2. 2. Plastid containing ___ and other pigments (plural) (12)
  3. 4. Part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function (6)
  4. 6. A ___ that is a structural and functional unit of a ___ (9)
  5. 9. The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus (9)
  6. 10. Curved glass that bends light in glasses and cameras (4)