Biology Crossword Puzzles

begins the breakdown mechanically and chemically of food, the ruminant digestive system has this many stomachs, in the ruminant digestive system, this …

protein that makes up hair, chemical used to detect bloodstains by glowing in the dark, the middle part of a hair shaft, which can be continuous, …

kills or inactivates most pathogens on surfaces (but not spores), uses steam under pressure to kill microorganisms, placed inside sterilization …

transfer of heat by physical contact, an organism that relies on external sources of heat to regulate its body temperature, regulate body temperature …

the longest stage of the cell cycle where the cell grows and prepares for division, the process in which the nucleus divides to form two identical …

upper chambers of the heart, artificial heart valve requiring life long blood thinning medications, fatty substance that can block arteries, proteins …

molecule forming the basic bilayer structure of cell membranes, double-layered arrangement of phospholipids in membranes, “cell drinking”; uptake …

a naturally occurring mono carboxylic acid, large molecules that play many critical roles in the body, known as simple sugars, have the ability to …

parts of plants that cannot be digested, which helps the body eliminate waste, the body’s main source of energy. there are two types: simple …

control centre for homeostasis and emotions, modulate voluntary movements, lobe in which the primary somatosensory area is found, responsible for …

the stage of life when the brain is still developing, logical and rational thinking, the \"feel-good\" hormone released when we experience …

the part of the brain that coordinates the actions of the muscles and helps maintain balance, an automatic response that occurs very rapidly and …

the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change, one of two or more genes that may occur alternatively at a given site on a …

estimating the age of rocks or fossils in (millions of) years, process by which a species becomes fitted to its environment through natural selection, …

pulmonary air passage that is usually 1 mm or less in diameter and lacks cartilage, separates the nasal cavity from the oral cavity, measurement of …

in a multi-cellular organism, a group of cells working together, the cell's control center, grain-shaped organelles that produce proteins, some …

the resistance the heart must overcome to eject blood, the amount of blood the heart pumps per minute, a bluish discoloration of the skin due to poor …

the black round parting the middle of your eye, of or related to the inside of your eye, see night blindness, a malignant tumor that forms on your …

wrist bones, collarbone, skull bone, thigh bone, thinner lower leg bone, upper arm bone, hipbone, palm bones, foot bones, kneecap, fingers and toes, …

changes in the dna sequence, a type of mutation where one nucleotide is replaced with another, a mutation that shifts the "reading frame" of …

injectable induction agent known for rapid recovery, alpha-a agonist commonly used for sedation and analgesia, volatile anaesthetic agent with a lower …

a chair has four of these. you have two, people often get these pierced, you have 32 of these and you use them to eat, you use this part of the body …

structure of dna, one parent; no fertilization, segment of dna that codes for a trait, two parents; fertilization occurs, something an organism does …

a type of mutation, which scientist devised laws of inheritance, what colour of eye is dominant, brown, blue, or green, what is the word for an …

organism that transmits the disease from one organism to another without being infected, taken to treat viral infection, physical barrier that …

any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome, a genetic cross involving one pair of contrasting characteristics, specific position of a gene on a …

cells or tissues that are swollen from water uptake, the powerhouse of cells, the process by which green plants synthesize food, the molecule that is …

complete set of genetic material in an organism, including all of its genes, alternative version of a gene found at the same locus on homologous …

set of three bases, a sugar derived from ribose by replacing a hydroxyl group with hydrogen, type macro molecule know a nucleic acid, a purine …

to observe and check progress over time, a group of animals of the same type living close together, to use up a supply until it is gone, a group of …