The Cell, Life Functions, and the Cell Theory

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Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Any of the branches of natural ___ dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms (11)
  2. 5. The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus (9)
  3. 6. An organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell (plural) (9)
  4. 11. The process of generating offspring (12)
  5. 12. A thin ___ enclosing the cytoplasm of a ___ (12)
  6. 14. The process of an individual organism growing organically (11)
  7. 15. An organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (8)
  8. 16. To show a ___ or a reaction to something (7)

Down

  1. 1. Center of an atom or a cell (7)
  2. 3. Plastid containing ___ and other pigments (plural) (12)
  3. 4. Metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via (11)
  4. 7. A specialized part of a cell (9)
  5. 8. A small round body of protein in a cell ___ (9)
  6. 9. The ___ that ___ form the fundamental structural and functional units of all living organisms (10)
  7. 10. A netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (plural) (11)
  8. 13. The process of an individual organism growing organically (6)