Basic Science Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. K on the Periodic Table
- 5. Rabbits and dogs belong to the animal ______.
- 7. Rocks formed from compacted sediments
- 9. Heat transfer through empty space.
- 11. Cells that have a nucleus
- 15. W on the Periodic Table
- 20. Another name for heat energy.
- 21. Tectonic plates moving away from each other.
- 22. Heat always travels from hot to _______.
- 23. The thickest layer of Earth.
- 25. Tectonic plates moving towards each other.
- 26. The basic unit of life.
- 27. Type of elements that conduct electricity and are often shiny
- 30. The type of energy in food and batteries.
- 31. The liquid layer of Earth.
- 33. The number of organisms of one species in a community.
- 38. A living factor in an ecosystem.
- 40. Type of element that is brittle but shiny.
- 42. Cells that don't have a nucleus.
- 44. Melted rock underground
- 46. The Earth's crust is broken up into several tectonic ______.
- 47. The United States sits on the _____ American plate.
- 48. A non-living factor in an ecosystem.
Down
- 1. All of the organisms that live in an ecosystem.
- 2. The state of matter of Earth's outer core.
- 4. South America sits on the South _______ plate.
- 6. The outer layer of Earth.
- 8. The type of energy that powers a lightbulb.
- 10. The layer of the Earth at the very center.
- 12. He on the Periodic Table
- 13. The center of a cell.
- 14. Au on the Periodic Table
- 16. Type of element that does not conduct electricity well
- 17. A deep _____ is often formed when an ocean plate collides with a continental plate.
- 18. Another name for light energy.
- 19. Heat transfer from moving air.
- 24. ______ and erosion break down rock into sediments.
- 27. Hg on the Periodic Table
- 28. Rocks formed from volcanoes
- 29. The type of plate boundary where the plates move alongside each other.
- 32. Mushrooms belong to the _____ kingdom.
- 34. The basic unit of matter.
- 35. The energy of objects in motion.
- 36. H on the Periodic Table
- 37. Heat transfer from touching.
- 39. These often occur near transform plate boundaries.
- 41. Very common prokaryotic cells
- 43. Rocks formed from heat and pressure
- 45. Melted rock outside of a volcano