Ch 9 "College" Vocabulary Activity

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Across
  1. 3. Causing a sharp, burning, or pricking physical pain.
  2. 10. A person, company, or commercial firm that designs, constructs, and repairs ships and large floating vessels.
  3. 12. The land along the edge of a body of water like an ocean, lake, or large river.
  4. 14. Land located outside of towns, cities, and industrial areas, featuring farms, fields, woods, and natural scenery.
  5. 17. An official document awarded by an educational institution–like a high school, college, or trade school–proving that a person has successfully completed a specific course of study.
  6. 18. A person who has successfully completed a course of study and received an academic degree or diploma from a school, college, or university.
  7. 21. A light, fluffy, and edible white snack created when a specialized corn kernel is heated until its hard outer shell bursts.
  8. 22. An area of land covered with a thick growth of trees and shrubs, smaller than a forest.
  9. 25. The scientific study of life and living organisms.
  10. 26. The head of state, head of government, and commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
  11. 29. A journalist whose job is to research, write, and report on news stories for print and digital publication.
  12. 30. Apply the mind to acquire, understand, and retain knowledge about a specific subject through reading, investigation, or practice.
  13. 31. A school you attend after high school to get a degree or learn job skills.
  14. 32. Human-like figures made from packed snow, typically built by stacking large snowballs.
  15. 33. The scientific study of Earth’s lands, features, inhabitants, and the interactions between people and their environment.
  16. 34. A Latin academic honor that means “with praise” or “with honor,” awarded to college and university graduates who achieve high grades.
Down
  1. 1. A two-player strategy board game played on an 8x8 checkered board where opponents capture each other’s pieces by jumping over them diagonally.
  2. 2. A historic women’s liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  3. 4. A bicycle designed to be ridden by two or more people sitting one behind the other.
  4. 5. High respect, moral integrity, or a privilege that brings pride.
  5. 6. Apple slices or pieces cooked in a high-temperature oven (typically 400F or higher) on a metal sheet pan until tender, lightly browned, and caramelized.
  6. 7. to guide its direction of travel and maintain balance by turning the handlebars and shifting body weight.
  7. 8. The very end part of a finger, furthest way from the hand.
  8. 9. Narrowly avoided becoming completely or partially blind due to accident, injury, or medical condition.
  9. 11. To give a spoken or written account of what someone or something is like.
  10. 13. To move or travel quickly and smoothly down a snowy mountain or hill on skis or a snowboard.
  11. 15. Using oars placed in oarlocks to pull the water and move the boat forward while facing backward.
  12. 16. The sloping land alongside a natural channel like a river, stream, or creek that holds and confines the flow.
  13. 19. The branch of biology that studies the structure, function, behavior, evolution, and classification of animals.
  14. 20. A mass of small thin delicate arrangements of ice crystals that fall as snow.
  15. 23. Someone who works hard for a specific cause. (a soldier of justice).
  16. 24. Four major historical and modern European languages that belong to the Indo-European language family, each shaping world history and vocabulary differently.
  17. 26. The two foot-operated levers on a bicycle that a rider pushes down and around to turn the crank and propel the wheels forward.
  18. 27. A long, hard struggle between opposing forces, groups, or individuals.
  19. 28. Quick to learn or clever.