Cells

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. An illness that harms the body (7)
  2. 4. A long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like (3)
  3. 5. Having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei (11)
  4. 7. The second stage of meiosis (9)
  5. 8. Consisting of many cells (13)
  6. 10. Magnifier of the image of small objects (10)
  7. 11. The branch of medical science that studies the body's ___ system (10)
  8. 13. Having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei (10)
  9. 14. The first stage of meiosis (8)

Down

  1. 1. The science that studies living organisms (7)
  2. 3. Having or consisting of a single cell (11)
  3. 6. Plastid containing ___ and other pigments (plural) (12)
  4. 7. The organic processes that are necessary for life (10)
  5. 8. An organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy (13)
  6. 9. Serious disease where cells grow out of control (6)
  7. 12. Center of an atom or a cell (7)