Grade 8 Crossword Challenge

7. working with one or more people towards a common goal
8. being thankful for something
10. a single massive stone
11. a feeling that one must do the same things as other people of one's age and social group
13. a technique that uses science to accurately measure how old something is
15. the time before humans recorded events
16. a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something
19. each rally in volleyball starts with this action
20. a breathing technique use to help calm someone down
21. cancellation of common factors, regrouping of terms in the same variable
23. if you are brought into the principals office, you will likely be involved in one of these
24. the inverse of a value or a number. If n is a real number, then its reciprocal will be 1/n
25. putting things into place to ensure all of the staff and students feel a sense of this
28. a short way to write fractions and mixed numbers with denominators that are powers of 10
29. the atmosphere or ambience of a piece of writing

1. a fundamentalist Islamic militia in Afghanistan
2. controls the cells activities
3. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
4. gives plant cells strength and support
5. 2021 years ago and longer
6. the "engine" of a cell
9. gathering a set of information
12. a relative value indicating hundredth parts of any quantity
14. carries out photosynthesis
17. a comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as"
18. a line of hereditary rulers of a country or empire
22. the quality or state of being conscious or aware of something
26. to bump the volleyball when it is close to the floor
27. the quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other