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Cell Structure & Function Crossword
Directions: Fill in the crossword puzzle below. Use your cell webquest and notes for clues and for correct spelling of
each word. There are no spaces in between answers that are 2 or more words.
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4. Shipping and receiving (2 words no spaces)
7. Control center of the cell, contains all genetic
information
9. Plant cells have this on the outside of their
cells, animal cells do not (singular)
12. Janitors of the cell, they digest and break
down food and waste
14. Makes proteins
16. Network of tubes without ribosomes (use
abbreviation)
17. It's the goo that surrounds organelles
18. Allows things to move in and out of cell (2
words no space)
19. Makes energy
20. Uses sunlight to perform photosynthesis in
plants
1. "little organs" (plural)
2. Looked at cork and discovered cells
3. Fill in blank: Cells are the most basic unit of
_________
5. Fill in blank: All existing cells are produced by
other living ________(plural)
6. Stores nutrients and waste products
8. 3 Principles of cells (2 words no space)
10. Instrument used to see cells
11. Type of cell that has a nucleus
13. Type of cell that has simple structures
(bacteria is an example)
15. Network of tubes with ribosomes (use
abbreviation)
ACROSS
4. Shipping and receiving (2 words no spaces)
Golgi Apparatus
7. Control center of the cell, contains all genetic
information
Nucleus
9. Plant cells have this on the outside of their
cells, animal cells do not (singular)
Cell Wall
12. Janitors of the cell, they digest and break
down food and waste
Lysosomes
14. Makes proteins
Ribosome
16. Network of tubes without ribosomes (use
abbreviation)
SmoothER
17. It's the goo that surrounds organelles
Cytoplasm
18. Allows things to move in and out of cell (2
words no space)
Cell Membrane
19. Makes energy
Mitochondria
20. Uses sunlight to perform photosynthesis in
plants
Chloroplast
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1. "little organs" (plural)
Organelles
2. Looked at cork and discovered cells
Hooke
3. Fill in blank: Cells are the most basic unit of
_________
Life
5. Fill in blank: All existing cells are produced by
other living ________(plural)
Cells
6. Stores nutrients and waste products
Vacuole
8. 3 Principles of cells (2 words no space)
Cell Theory
10. Instrument used to see cells
Microscope
11. Type of cell that has a nucleus
Eukaryotic
13. Type of cell that has simple structures
(bacteria is an example)
Prokaryotic
15. Network of tubes with ribosomes (use
abbreviation)
RoughER