DNA and RNA are key to this puzzle that helps middle schoolers review basic protein synthesis terms like 'codon' and 'enzyme' with clear, simple clues.
Microbiology and Viruses Crossword Puzzle for Upper Elementary is a hard crossword puzzle with 19 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Microbiology and Viruses Crossword Puzzle for Upper Elementary
Challenge upper elementary students with this hard-level microbiology and viruses crossword puzzle. Features advanced terms about bacteria, viruses, and infection processes.
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- 1. Single-celled organisms that can live almost anywhere
- 2. A molecule that triggers an immune response
- 3. Process of spreading microbes or viruses
- 5. Full genetic material inside a virus or microbe
- 7. Includes capsid, genome, and envelope in tiny infectious agents
- 10. Sticky bacterial community attached to surfaces
- 15. Lipid layer that surrounds some viruses
- 16. Shape of many viruses and bacteria
- 17. Microorganism that causes disease
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- 4. Virus that infects only bacteria
- 6. Gel-like fluid inside cells where organelles float
- 8. Procedure that helps the body build immunity
- 9. Using a tool to see tiny microbes
- 11. Degree of harm caused by a pathogen
- 12. Protein made by the immune system to fight germs
- 13. State of being protected against infection
- 14. Capable of spreading disease from one host to another
- 18. Cell that viruses infect to reproduce
- 19. Virus life cycle stage integrating DNA into host
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