LA Review Crossword - Midterm (Spring 2025)

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Across
  1. 1. The process where some organisms use chemicals instead of sunlight to make food.
  2. 5. The part of the sentence that contains the verb and tells you what the subject does.
  3. 7. Gen's dad teaches the kids how to protect themselves against ____.
  4. 8. At the beginning of the story, Gavin and Dad are attacked by ____.
  5. 13. Something you absolutely need and cannot live without.
  6. 14. Paper, pens, and envelopes used for writing letters.
  7. 15. I taught my dog to go and _____ the ball when I throw it.
  8. 16. Comfort you receive when you are sad or have lost something.
  9. 18. This is one type of environment where chemosynthesis is possible. (It's hot here!!!)
  10. 19. The big waves seemed to _____ the small boat in the ocean.
  11. 22. The money that you earn every month or year from your job.
  12. 24. I keep my lunch in a special _____ of my backpack.
  13. 25. The official papers that prove who you are or what you have done.
  14. 26. In southern Mesopotamia, aqueducts were built ____ becuase the ground was soft, muddy clay.
  15. 29. Old objects made by people that we find in museums.
  16. 30. In the sentence, "The cat sat on the mat," the words "The cat" are the _______.
  17. 31. These are like walls built on the river banks to prevent flooding.
  18. 33. Birds migrate to warmer climates in the winter. (sentence type)
  19. 34. Very, very hot; so hot it can burn you.
  20. 35. When he spilled his drink and said, "Oh, that's just great," he was being _____.
  21. 36. To remember and talk about happy things from the past.
  22. 38. Describing an act that is extremely evil or bad.
  23. 40. Would you like some more tea? (sentence type)
  24. 43. This is a set of laws based on the "eye for an eye" principle.
  25. 44. These are man-made channels used to irrigate crops.
Down
  1. 2. Pick up your toys, please. (sentence type)
  2. 3. Scientists spent 10 years studying biodiversity in the ocean. This project was called ___.
  3. 4. A noun you can experience with your five senses, like a desk or a flower.
  4. 6. This was the Mesopotamian writing system. (pizza writing)
  5. 9. This is where Gen's family spends their summer vacaation.
  6. 10. An idea, feeling, or quality that you cannot touch, such as love or courage.
  7. 11. At the start of the story, Gen has a very negative ____ about the family's summer vacation.
  8. 12. The English word 'aqua' is _____ from the Latin word for water.
  9. 17. These organisms have bodies that are packed with chemosynthetic bacteria, and they share the food the bacteria make.
  10. 20. In northern Mesopotamia, aqueducts were built ____ because the ground was made of hard rock.
  11. 21. The different things that cause something to happen.
  12. 23. This is another type of environment where chemosynthesis can happen.
  13. 27. The Mesopotamians developed complex math using a ___ ___ counting system.
  14. 28. The driver had to carefully _____ the car into the small parking spot.
  15. 32. To make things in a factory using machines.
  16. 37. Is this chair _____ or is someone sitting here?
  17. 39. A group of animals or plants that are very similar.
  18. 41. After I dropped the plate, I had to clean up the sharp _____ from the floor.
  19. 42. There's a spider in the kitchen! Eeek! (sentence type)