The Giant Germ: Criss Cross

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Across

  • 2. _____ are microbes that can make you sick.
  • 4. The _____ Fungus in Michigan weighs more than ten tons and stretches across almost forty acres of land.
  • 6. Fungi and bacteria produce substances called ____ that help them eat.
  • 9. A very small, basic unit of living matter.
  • 10. ____ are made up of just one cell.

Down

  • 1. _____, like the ones that cause chicken pox are microbes that can make us sick.
  • 3. _____ make bread mold so fuzzy and colorful.
  • 5. _____ have been on Earth for at least 3.5 billion years.
  • 7. Blue-green spots of ____ were growing on the bread.
  • 8. Mushrooms and lichen are large types of _____.

Word Bank

mold
microbes
viruses
germs
bacteria
cell
humongous
fungi
enzymes
spores