Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. Cambridge
A. A virus that is parasitic in ___
2. helix
B. A stable situation in which forces cancel one another
3. Francis Crick
C. The act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
4. intellectual
D. A long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell
5. ingenious
E. A city in southern England to the northwest of London
6. ribonucleic acid
F. An organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such
7. Oxford
G. A university in England
8. Nature
H. A person who uses the mind creatively
9. radiation
I. The process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division
10. experiment
J. Showing inventiveness and skill
11. celluloid
K. Diagram of an electrical or mechanical system
12. schematic
L. A curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
13. complication
M. Highly flammable substance made from ___ nitrate and camphor
14. replication
N. Research with the use of ___
15. equilibrium
O. Ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts
16. thermodynamics
P. Energy that travels in waves or particles
17. eukaryote
Q. A tentative insight into the natural world
18. prokaryote
R. The branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy
19. bacteriophage
S. When light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce
20. virus
T. The act or process of ___
21. hypothesis
U. English biochemist who helped discover the helical structure of DNA
22. cell
V. Tiniest unit of living things
23. diffraction
W. The essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
24. microscopy
X. A unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei