This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Cell Biology has 20 clues. Answers range from 7 to 16 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Made mostly of cellulose, encases or surrounds plant cells and gives them their characteristic shapes
Sites for photosynthesis; found only in plant cells
Structures found only in plant cells; chloroplasts are one type
Only found in animal cells; form spindle fibers during cell division
Form from a piece of membrane breaking loose from cell cell membrane; store substances; larger in plant cells than animal cells
Bags of enzymes used to digest particles and bacteria; "Garbage men" of the cell
Process by which plants convert light energy to chemical energy that is stored in sugars made from carbon dioxide and water
Type of cell lacking a membrane-enclosed nucleus and other membrane enclosed organelles
Type of cell that has a membrane-enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles
Box like Shape
Widely varies in shape
Semipermeable barrier made of two layers of phospholipids
uncoiled DNA; coils into chromosomes during cell division
Involved in muscle contraction in larger organisms
Powerhouse of the cell
Site of protein synthesis; found in cytoplasm and on rough ER
Processes, packages, and stores the fats and proteins produced by the ER
Locomotive structures made up of microtubules
Control Center of the Cell
A green pigment located within the chloroplast