Nature
Across
- 1. The planet on which we live.
- 3. A slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub.
- 5. Hard solid nonmetallic mineral matter of which rock is made, especially as a building material.
- 6. A natural substance with distinctive chemical and physical properties, composition, and atomic structure
- 9. A living thing that grows in the earth and has a stem, leaves, and roots.
- 10. Usually have numerous sepals, petals, stamens and pistils
- 13. One of the soft, fringed plumes that cover the bodies of birds.
- 15. The land and scenery of a rural area.
- 18. A living thing that can move and eat and react to the world through its senses.
- 19. The hard protective outer case of a mollusk or crustacean.
Down
- 2. A large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.
- 3. A woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground.
- 4. A large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.
- 7. A type of very small animal with six legs, a body divided into three parts and usually two pairs of wings, or, more generally, any similar very small animal
- 8. One of the green usually flat parts that grow from a stem or twig of a plant and that function mainly in making food by photosynthesis.
- 11. All the visible features of an area of countryside or land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.
- 12. The upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or dark brown material typically consisting of a mixture of organic remains, clay, and rock particles.
- 14. The invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth, a mixture mainly of oxygen and nitrogen.
- 16. An area of open land, especially one planted with crops or pasture, typically bounded by hedges or fences.
- 17. Move downward, typically rapidly and freely without control, from a higher to a lower level.