Biology / Life Science Glossary Terms Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• community : a group of different populations that live in the same area.
• consumer : an organism that feeds on other organisms.
• conditioning : learning in which an animals connects one stimulus with another stimulus.
• amoeba : a protozoan that moves by pushing out parts of its cell.
• coordinate : to work together.
• circulatory : flowing in a circle.
• amino acid : molecules that make up proteins.
• artery : a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
• coldblooded : having a body temperature that changes with temperature of surroundings.
• biome : an ecosystem found over a large geographic area.
• brain stem : the part of the brain that controls automatic activities and connects the brain and the spinal cord.
• carbohydrate : a sugar or starch, which living things use for energy.
• chromosome : a rod-shaped structure that contains dna and is found in the nucleus of a cell.
• biosphere : the part of earth where living things can exist.
• bacteria : the simplest single cells that carry out all basic life activities.
• biology : the study of living things.
• classify : to group things based on the features they share.
• antibody : a material in the body that fights a specific pathogen; a protein in plasma that fights disease.
• carrier : an organism that carries a gene but does not show the effects of the gene.
• cell : the basic unit of life.
• algae : protists that make their own food and usually live in water.
• calorie : a unit used to measure the amount of energy a food contains.
• behavior : the way an organism acts.
• carnivore : an animal that eats other animals.
• cytoplasm : a gel-like substance containing chemicals needed by the cell.